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:

Works 2 and 3 in the codex are songs, of 9 and 10 numbered stanzas, respectively, concerning the marriage of Gebhard, Archbishop of Cologne, and his consequent deposition from his office, events that took place in 1583. Both songs use Latin phrases at the ends of lines, apparently in a humorous vein. The title of work 2 indicates that it is to be sung to the tune of the popular church song "O du armer Judas." Work 1 is a cautionary poem about pride and arrogance in maidens. The last work consists of just one stanza and concerns the Catholic clergy and women.

Contents:

1. f.1r: Ein Gedicht von einer stoltzen hofertigen undt prechtigen Jungkfrauenn.
2. f.1v-2r: Neue Zeitung, vnd ein neues Liedt von dem abgestandenenn, vndt vbellerwöltenn Bischoff vonn Cöllnn. Im Thon, O du armer Judas.
3. f.2r-3v: Der Bischoff zue Cöllen, den Maleuolis vnd bellenden Hundtenn herwieder.
4. f.3v: Der Pfaffen dhum [Pfaffenthum?].

Notes:

Ms. gathering.
Title for manuscript from title of predominant work (f. 2r).
The text of work 2 with a few variants also appears in Ms. Codex 1086.
Foliation: Paper, 4; [1-4]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in 26-28 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 8).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1085

Contains:

Neue Zeitung, vnd ein neues Liedt von dem abgestandenenn, vndt vbellerwöltenn Bischoff vonn Cöllnn.
Der Pfaffenthum.

OCLC:

182723471