Einn schönn neu Liedt vonn dem abgefallnenn unnd ubell erweldenn Bischoff von Collnn, im Thonn wie mann denn armenn Judas singt.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

German

Latin

Subjects (All):

Truchsess von Waldburg, Gebhard, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne, 1547-1601.

Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Cologne (Germany)--History.

Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Cologne (Germany).

History.

Cologne (Germany)--Church history.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

satires (literary genre)

poems

Manuscripts, German.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Leuffer, 1952.

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper ; 320 x 212 (285 x 160) mm bound to 332 x 226 mm

Production:

[Cologne?], [after 1583]

Language Note:

German, with Latin phrases.

Summary:

Song in 9 stanzas concerning the marriage of Gebhard, Archbishop of Cologne, and his consequent deposition from his office, events that took place in 1583; intended to be sung to the tune of the popular church song "O du armer Judas." The song uses Latin phrases at the ends of lines, apparently in a humorous vein.

Notes:

Ms. leaf.

Title from head of manuscript (f. 1r); title also given in a handwritten label as "de Archiepiscopo Gebhardo coloniensi c83" (f. 1v).

The text of this song with a few variants also appears in Ms. Codex 1085.

Layout: Written in 28 and 20 long lines.

Script: Written in a German cursive script by a single hand.

Binding: Modern boards.

Origin: Probably written in Cologne, in or after 1583.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 80 (Ms. German 9).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1086

OCLC:

182727525