Details

Subjects:

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.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Satires (literary works)
Poems.
Manuscripts, German.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

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.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Leuffer, 1952.

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