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Arthurian romances --- Guinglain (Legendary character) --- -Arthurian romances --- Romances --- Arthurian romances. --- Romances. --- Guinglain --- Bel Inconnu --- Fair Unknown --- Gingalain --- Gingalin --- Gliglois --- Libeaus --- Viduvilt --- Wieduwilt --- Wigalois

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Wigamur is an anonymously-authored, thirteenth-century Middle High German romance about a king's son who is lost to his parents in infancy. The eponymous hero, after being carried off in childhood by a mermaid, rescues an eagle which becomes his constant companion; in subsequent adventures he also rescues a maiden, becomes a Knight of the Round Table, and finally confronts a knight who of course proves to be his father, from whom he inherits a kingdom. The romance is perhaps the most most fully realized example of the Fair Unknown, or Bel Inconnu, motif in both the German and larger European Arthurian traditions.
Owng in part to the lack of an English translation, unlike other contemporary German romances, Wigamur has been comparatively little studied. This volume aimsto fill this need. It presents an edition of the text ( based on the only complete manuscript, Wolffenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 51.2. Aug. 4 (W), dating from the last half of thefifteenth century), accompanied by facing translation, notes, and introduction.

Joseph M. Sullivan is an Associate Professor of German at the University of Oklahoma.

German poetry --- Romances, German. --- German romances --- German literature --- Wigamur. --- Arthurian romance. --- Bel Inconnu. --- European Arthurian traditions. --- Fair Unknown. --- Knight. --- Medieval German. --- Middle High German. --- Round Table. --- hero. --- mermaid. --- translation.

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In Imagining the Text , James Brown examines ekphrasis – the verbal representation of a visual representation – in Wirnt von Gravenberg’s thirteenth-century Arthurian romance Wigalois , one of the most popular and enduring stories in the Middle High German literary tradition. Through close reading of the text and examining illustrated Wigalois manuscripts, early print editions, and frescoes, Brown explores how ekphrasis structures the narrative, harmonizes potential conflicts in the text, and contributes to the construction of courtly identity. Imagining the Text demonstrates that the vibrant symbiosis of word and image is crucial to the poem’s sustained popularity for more than six hundred years, and contributes to the history of the book and to the study of medieval and modern modes of perception.

Ekphrasis. --- Knights and knighthood in literature. --- Guinglain (Legendary character) --- Arthurian romances --- Ecphrasis --- Art in literature --- Description (Rhetoric) --- Romances --- History and criticism. --- Wirnt, --- 091 =30 --- 094:801 --- 094:82-34 --- 091.31:7.04 --- 091.31:7.04 Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- 094:82-34 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Sprookje. Legende. Mythe --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Sprookje. Legende. Mythe --- 094:801 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Algemene taalwetenschap. Filologie --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Algemene taalwetenschap. Filologie --- 091 =30 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Duits --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Duits --- Wirnt von Grafenberg --- Guinglain --- Bel Inconnu --- Fair Unknown --- Gingalain --- Gingalin --- Gliglois --- Libeaus --- Viduvilt --- Wieduwilt --- Wigalois