The mediaeval stage, volume 2 (of 2)Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever)
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The mediaeval stage, volume 2 (of 2)
Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever)
Drama, Medieval -- History and criticism; Theater -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500
(_Munich MS._ 19,486, printed in J. A. Schmeller, _Carmina
Burana_, 3rd ed. 1894, with additional fragments in W. Meyer,
_Fragmenta Burana_, 1901). This is probably the repertory of
travelling goliardic clerks. The twelfth-century manuscript
which preserves the three plays of Hilarius (_Bibl. Nat. Lat._
11,331, printed in J. J. Champollion-Figeac, _Hilarii Versus et
Ludi_, 1838) is of a similar character.—The tropes are fully
dealt with by L. Gautier, _Hist. de la Poésie liturgique au
Moyen Âge_, vol. i (all published, 1886), and W. H. Frere,
_The Winchester Troper_ (1894). I have not been able to see
A. Reiners, _Die Tropen-, Prosen- und Präfations-Gesänge des
feierlichen Hochamtes im Mittelalter_ (1884). Antiquarian data
are collected by H. J. Feasey, _Ancient English Holy Week
Ceremonial_ (1897), and A. Heales, _Easter Sepulchres_, in
_Archaeologia_, vol. xlii. I have printed an important passage
from the _Regularis Concordia_ of St. Ethelwold (965-75) in
Appendix O. The _Planctus Mariae_ are treated by A. Schönbach,
_Die Marienklagen_ (1874), and E. Wechssler, _Die romanischen
Marienklagen_ (1893). W. Köppen, _Beiträge zur Geschichte
der deutschen Weihnachtsspiele_ (1893), and M. Sepet, _Les
Prophètes du Christ_ (1878), contain valuable studies of the
evolution of the _Stella_ and the _Prophetae_ respectively.
The relation of dramatic to iconic art in the Middle Ages
is brought out by P. Weber, _Geistliches Schauspiel und
kirchliche Kunst_ (1894). A rather primitive bibliography is
F. H. Stoddard, _References for Students of Miracle Plays and
Mysteries_ (1887).—Authorities for English facts given without
references in the present volume will be found in Appendices W
and X.]
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