Muspilli

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Muspilli is an Old High German eschatological poem that vividly depicts the Last Judgment and the end of the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old High German poem ⓘ
eschatological poem ⓘ
approximateDate 9th century ⓘ
Carolingian period ⓘ
contains vernacular adaptation of Christian eschatology ⓘ
describes battle between Elias and Antichrist ⓘ
final judgment of souls ⓘ
resurrection of the dead ⓘ
reward of the blessed ⓘ
torments of the damned ⓘ
form alliterative verse ⓘ
genre religious poetry ⓘ
hasScholarlyDebateOn exact dating ⓘ
geographical origin ⓘ
sources and influences ⓘ
intendedAudience Carolingian aristocracy ⓘ
Christian laypeople ⓘ
intendedFunction moral exhortation ⓘ
language Old High German ⓘ
lineCount approximately 103 lines ⓘ
literaryPeriod Old High German literature ⓘ
manuscriptLocation Bayerische Staatsbibliothek ⓘ
manuscriptShelfmark Clm 14098 ⓘ
manuscriptType single manuscript witness ⓘ
meter Germanic alliterative meter ⓘ
motif cosmic conflagration ⓘ
heavenly court ⓘ
weighing of deeds ⓘ
narrativePerspective didactic ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Bavaria ⓘ
East Francia ⓘ
religiousContext Carolingian Christianity ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
script Latin script ⓘ
significance important source for Old High German religious vocabulary ⓘ
important witness to early German eschatological thought ⓘ
key text of Old High German poetry ⓘ
sourceLanguageInfluence Latin biblical texts ⓘ
Latin homiletic literature ⓘ
studiedIn Germanic philology ⓘ
historical theology ⓘ
medieval studies ⓘ
textualState fragmentary ⓘ
theme Last Judgment ⓘ
linked to: Final Judgment

end of the world ⓘ
eschatology ⓘ
titleLanguage Old High German ⓘ
titleMeaning term related to Last Judgment or end-time ⓘ

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Old High German → notableText → Muspilli ⓘ
Clm 14098 → containsWork → Muspilli ⓘ