Carmina Burana

Japanese: カルミナ･ブラーナ（英語表記）Carmina Burana

A famous anthology of medieval European poems. It is a collective name for the works contained in a parchment manuscript handed down to the Benediktbeuern Abbey in Upper Bavaria, and means "Beuern Songs." It was named by the editor JA Schmeller when it was first published in 1847. It is believed to be a 13th century manuscript, but the place and year of its creation are unknown. There are no authors listed on the individual works in medieval Latin, and the content is divided into three sections: (1) 55 moral and satirical poems, (2) 131 love poems (plus 48 Middle High German Minnesangs), and (3) 35 songs about drinking and gambling, with six religious dramas added at the end.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世ヨーロッパの著名な詞華集。オーバー･バイエルンのベネディクトボイエルン修道院に伝えられた羊皮紙写本の所収作品の総称で，〈ボイエルンの歌〉の意。1847年最初の刊行に際し編者J.A.シュメラーによって命名された。13世紀の写本と推定されるが，成立の場所，年代は不詳。中世ラテン語の個々の作品に作者名の記入はなく，内容別に，(1)道徳的･風刺的詩文55編，(2)恋愛詩131編(ほかに中高ドイツ語のミンネザング48編)，(3)酒と賭博の歌35編の3部門から成り，巻末に6編の宗教劇を加える。

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