Glossaries and poems in Old German and Frisian, Written by Francis Junius before 1664
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MS. Junius 115a
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Glossaries and poems in Old German and Frisian compiled and copied by Francis Junius:
- Fol. 13. Old High German-Latin, in which the references are for the most part to glossaries A-D in MSS. Junius 115a-116d, and also to Old High German texts, as Kero, preceded (fol. 3) by a list of ύποκοριστικά
- Fol. 41. Low German-Latin, with references to Otfried and Tatian
- Fol. 146. Frisian-Latin, compiled from the Frisian laws (ed. Cologne, about 1471), and other printed books
- Fol. 339. a second Old High German-Latin glossary
- Fol. 472. vocabulary to an O.H.G. text
- Fol. 516. 'Hadrianus Junius animadversorum libro quinto capite sexto ...'
- Fol. 519. excerpts from the Frisian poems of Gysbert Japicx, beg. 'Yerr' moorn srongt Raemer lanze wey'
Dates
- Creation: Written by Francis Junius before 1664
Extent
562 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Multiple languages
- Latin
- German, Old High (ca.750-1050)
- Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low
- Western Frisian
Shelfmark
MS. Junius 115a
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 5226
Bibliography
- The poems on fol. 560v have been published by F. B. Hettema in Bloemlezing uit middelfriesche Geschriften (Leyden, 1887), pp. 10, 11; the rest, from other sources, in Epkema's edition, but with many variants.
- For the importance of this MS. see Thomas Siebs, 'Westfriesische Studien', in Abh. der kön. Akad. der Wiss. in Berlin (1895), pp. 55-6, and cf. Gysbert Japicx by Jacob Haantjes (Amsterdam, 1929), pp. 237-8.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
8 4/5 × 6 1/2 in.
Repository Details
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