Wigand of Marburg
Illustration — A fragment of Wigand of Marburg's chronicle containing lines 36-105 of fragment B (using Hirsch, et al.'s labeling) Wigand of Marburg (Wigand von Marburg) was a German herald of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia and one of the notable chroniclers of the Middle Ages. Wigand expanded upon the earlier work of Nikolaus von Jeroschin. His rhyming chronicle is one of the principal sources of information used for the history of the Prussian lands and parts of the adjoining Grand Duchy of Lithuania, covering the period between 1293 and 1394.
Wigand of Marburg
Wigand von Marburg · Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe Cod. Donaueschingen A III 9 (Doppelblatt B 1v, 2r) · Public domain
- Born
- Wigand of Marburg was born, sources differ on the date (the 15th century and 1 January 1400).
- Died
- Wigand of Marburg died in 1409.
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- Germany
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- historian · writer · chronicler · herald
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- German
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Illustration — A fragment of Wigand of Marburg's chronicle containing lines 36-105 of fragment B (using Hirsch, et al.'s labeling) Wigand of Marburg (Wigand von Marburg) was a German herald of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia and one of the notable chroniclers of the Middle Ages. Wigand expanded upon the earlier work of Nikolaus von Jeroschin. His rhyming chronicle is one of the principal sources of information used for the history of the Prussian lands and parts of the adjoining Grand Duchy of Lithuania, covering the period between 1293 and 1394.
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Originally written in Middle High German rhymed prose, the work combined actual accounts with legends, folk tales, and myths. Out of an estimated length of 17,000 lines, only about 500 have survived to the present day. However, in 1464, the Polish chronicler Jan Długosz, speaking little German, asked Thorn clergyman Konrad Gesselen to translate Wigand's chronicle into Latin, and Gesselen's translation has survived almost intact. Gesselen titled his translation New Prussian Chronicle (Chronica nova Prutenica) to distinguish it from Jeroschin's earlier work, some of which he also translated. Gesselen did not take credit for his translation, but was identified as the author in 1895 by German historian Max Perlbach. Wigand's chronicle is sometimes referred to in German sources as "Wigand of Marburg's rhyming chronicle" (Reimchronik Wigands von Marburg), since it is a medieval chronicle written in rhyming prose in a vernacular language (the definition of a rhyming chronicle). The chronicle is referred to in a few German sources as "[the] 'chronicle of Thorn'/'Thorn chronicle' from 1293 to 1394", probably because Gesselen's Latin translation was found in Thorn in 1821.
Wigand of Marburg is recorded as historian, writer, chronicler and herald.
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1400
Wigand of Marburg born.
1409
Wigand of Marburg died.
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- 1.Hirsch, Theodor. Scriptores rerum Prussicarum 4. Minerva. 6-8. 1870. 163052286.
- 2.Note that von Marburg is a purely descriptive title added to his original name of Wigand by later historians, rather than a proper surname. Also the von should not be confused with a preposition used in later times to denote someone's noble status
- 3.Endre Bojtar. Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic People. Central European University Press. 184. 2000. 963-9116-42-4.
- 4.Book Notices. 1. 165. 1996. 1427-4418.
- 5.Perlbach, M. Der Uebersetzer des Wigand von Marburg. Altpreussische Monatsschrift. 32. 411-424. 1895.
- 6.Döring, Gottfried. Choralkunde in drei Buchern: Beigabe: Sieben slawische Melodieen aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert. Harmonisiert und mit deutschen Texten versehen von G. Döring. Th. Bertling. 14. 1861.
- 7.Döring, Gottfried. Zur Geschichte der Musik in Preußen: ein historisch-kritischer Versuch. F. W. Neumann-Hartmann. 193. 1852.
- 8.Reissmann, August. Allgemeine Geschichte der Musik: Bd. Der Volksgeist bestimmt die Weiterentwickelung der Tonkunst. F. Bruckmann. 45. 1864.
- 9.Lohmeyer, Karl. Marburg, Wigand von. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. 20. 293–294. 1884.
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