03 — ARTWORK
Carmina Burana
MINIATURIST, Austrian · 1239 →
- MEDIUM
- Manuscript (Clm 4660), 249 x 177 mm
- TYPE
- Other
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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This manuscriptcollective term for books or other documents written by hand; in a specific sense, the hand-written medieval book, the Codex manuscriptus, often ornamented with decorative borders, illuminated initials and miniatures, and containing works of ancient philosophy or scholarly, ecclesiastical, and literary texts. Manuscripts were usually produced on commission. At first the scriptoria (writing rooms) of monasteries transcribed the contents of famous manuscripts and made copies. Monastic communities in the Netherlands and northern Germany began producing manuscripts around 1383/84. Flanders, Burgundy, and in particular Paris became major centres for the mass production of breviaries (prayer books) and Books of Hours. contains an anthology of approximately 300 Latin and High Middle German songs of students and vagabonds as well as German minnesongs. It is not just because of Carl Orff's congenial musical composition that this song collection, which was found in the Benediktbeuern Abbey, has achieved recognition. It has 8 full-page charming miniatures among which the picture on folio 64v depicting a wooded landscape stands out with its transformation of oriental imagery of paradise into a spring landscape. <p> <table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor="#99cccc"> <tr valign=middle><td><img src="/support/gif/listen.gif" border=0 valign=middle> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 3 minutes):<br><a href="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/20_cent/orff_carmina.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><b>Carl Karl Orff: Carmina Burana, O Fortuna</b></a> </td></tr></table>
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Carmina Burana by MINIATURIST, Austrian},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-07},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-austrian-rf5ec82f4cc38b1/carmina-burana-r42a3e8df60e702},
urldate = {2026-09-07},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-07. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
