Carmina Burana is a medieval manuscript of poems, songs and plays discovered in a Benedictine monastery in southern Germany. Probably written by Goliards (wandering clerics and scholars) the works of morality and satire include sex and drinking. - 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 | ||
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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