Carmina Burana is a medieval manuscript containing poems, 318 songs and two Latin plays that was discovered in a Benedictine monastery in southern Germany. Probably written by Goliards, wandering clerics and scholars, the works include moralizing poems and satires, love songs and spring songs, and drinking and gaming verses. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1230/00/00 | "Carmina Burana" manuscript is written by two scribes in an gothic minuscule on 119 sheets of parchment. | ||||||
| 1803/00/00 | "Carmina Burana" is found in the Benedictine monastery of Benediktbeuern in Bavaria. The manuscript is now at the Bavarian State Library in Munich. |
| Particulars for Carmina Burana (12th C): | |||
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| Music Attribute | Ancient Music, Ancient Instruments | ||
| Culture | Holy Roman Empire | union of Germany and the northern Italian principalities under a German emperor, 962 to 1806 | |
| Art Type | Illuminated Manuscript | handwritten book that has been decorated with gold or silver, brilliant colours, or elaborate design | |
| Book type | Manuscript | hand written book | |
| Era | Medieval Europe | period from collapse of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance | |
| Art Type | Orchestral Composition | ||
| Writing Type | Poems | ||
| Narrative Arts | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity, hypocrisy or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | |
| Art Type | Song Collection | an assembly of related songs | |
| Music | Vocal Music | singing is the main focus of the a musical piece | |
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| Language: | Latin | ||
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