Osterspiele Week 3. Structure. ReCap: Key Facts Innsbrucker Osterspiel. Paper IX. Henrike Lähnemann. Hilary Term 2016

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1 Paper IX Osterspiele Week 3 Henrike Lähnemann Hilary Term 2016 Structure Introduction Week 1: From Osterfeier to Osterspiel The Innsbrucker Osterspiel Week 2: Setting the Scene Week 3: Guarding the Tomb Hell s Teeth Week 4: Sex and Drugs Week 5: Visiting the Tomb The Osterspiel von Muri Week 6: Making Hell - Fragment I-III Week 7: Breaking Hell - Fragment IV-VIII Perspectives Week 8: Later Texts and Contemporary Staging The Harrowing of Hell in an ivory diptych from c (reconstructed coloured version) 2 ReCap: Key Facts Innsbrucker Osterspiel Part of a collection of plays: Assumption of Mary Easter Corpus Christi East Central German dialect (Thuringian) Manuscript completed on 1 Sept 1391 Format: 28 x 11 cm ( Heberegisterformat ) Written (?) in Kloster Neustift / Brixen (death of Oswald of Wolkenstein 1445) Written on (Italian) paper Heavily used and worn Director s Handbook? Innsbruck, Universitäts- und Landesbibl., Cod. 960, fol. 50r: Explicit ludus de resurrectione domini Anno domini M CCC nonage simo primo completus est liber iste Sexta feria Jn die Egidij 3 1

2 ReCap: Setting the Scene Innsbruck Play of the Assumption of Mary Text: Mone, Altteutsche Schauspiele Five groups announced by Praecursor Each group assigned a burg : nu wicht em [Jesus] al glich beyde arm und rich, wen her ist eyn konig lobsam uffe der borg sal her stan. Procession in hierarchical order 1. Jesus & angels 2. Mary & virigins 3. Apostles 4. Jews 5. Heathens 4 ReCap: Setting the Scene 1 Prologue Front Stage I: Wächterspiel 41 Hiring the Guard Temple (46), Front Stage (133) 214 The Guards Reaction From Temple to Tomb II: Höllenspiel 251 Harrowing of Hell Limbo III: Krämerspiel 507 Lament of the Three Marys Front Stage 540 Merchant s Play 1 Merchant s House 838 Lament of the Three Marys Merchant s Play Buying the Ointment 1001 Merchant s Play 3 Front Stage IV: Visitatio Sepulchri 1075 Visitatio Sepulchri Tomb 1139 Hortulanus Scene Garden / Front Stage 1208 Announcing the News 1 Apostle s House 1216 Doubting Thomas 1257 Announcing the News The Apostles Race Tomb 1291 Epilogue Front Stage 5 I: Wächterspiel 41 Hiring the Guard Temple (46), Front Stage (133) 214 The Guards Reaction From Temple to Tomb 6 2

3 Introducing the Jews * Chodus / chados: Vowel variation of Kaddish? ( figura etymologica in Hebrew) Adonay: Name for God (= the Lord) Sebados: Variation on Zabaoth? Sissim / sossim: Play with male plural ending? Ysmahel: Name of Abraham s son by Hagar? Sicut vir melior yesse: Latin like the better man Jesse? Ceuca: Play on ceucos (Greek for blind)? Amel: Variation of Amen? 7 The Jews as Players How does the German relate to the Latin? On the Depiction of Jews cf. vo9lume 'Integration und Desintegration der Kulturen im europäischen Mittelalter (online) Donaueschinger Passionsspiel: vff das fachent die iuden alle an mit luter stim zeschrÿen (V. 2939; 2975; 3000) 8 I: Wächterspiel 41 Hiring the Guard 214 The Guards Reaction Gradual with the Introit for Easter Sunday (Augsburg, late 15th century) 9 3

4 I: Wächterspiel 41 Hiring the Guard Temple (46), Front Stage (133) 214 The Guards Reaction From Temple to Tomb II: Höllenspiel Illuminated initial for the Cum rex gloriae with Harrowing of Hell (Medingen c. 1479) 11 II: Höllenspiel The Harrowing of Hell Marginal Illustration in the psalter of the Medingen nun Margarete Hopes (c. 1500) Bodleian, MS. Don. e. 248 The Devil s Scroll: Quis est iste rex? Adam s scroll: Advenisti desiderabilis Ps 23: Processional Psalm, also used for Consecration of the Church 7 Attollite portas, principes, vestras, et elevamini, portae aeternales, et introibit rex gloriae. 8 Quis est iste rex gloriae? Dominus fortis et potens, Dominus potens in praelio. 9 Attollite portas, principes, vestras, et elevamini, portae aeternales, et introibit rex gloriae. 10 Quis est iste rex gloriae? Dominus virtutum ipse est rex gloriae. 12 4

5 II: Höllenspiel: Interlude 346: Lucifer s Lament 362: Hell s Council Commissioning of new Souls Ständesatire analogue to Danse Macabre Illustration for Hoffart / Superbia (Cpg 471, An adaptation of the didactic poem Der Renner ) 13 II: Höllenspiel: Interlude Ständesatire analogue to Danse Macabre 388 Lucifer s Survey *** Angels Silence while Satan gets souls*** 461 Confessions of the animae, pleading Lübecker Totentanz (Reconstruction) Canon Nobelman - Doctor 14 Demonstrating Damnation and Audience Reaction Report on the Performance of the Eisenacher Zehnjungfrauenspiel (1321) Unde also die funff torichten jungfrauen vortumet worden, da tathen sie czu male clegelichen unde unße libe fraue unde die heiligen bathen alle vor sie, unde das half allis nicht. And when the five foolish virgins were condemned, they started lamenting; Our Lady and the saints pleaded for them but to no avail. At this play, Count Frederick the Fearsome was present, and he grew anry and said: What about Christian faith? if it is futile if Our Lady pleads for us sinners And then he had a seizure. Czu deme spele quam auch landtgrave Friddrich der Freidige... unde wart czu male czornig unde sprach: Was ist der Cristen glaube?... hilfft nicht, das vor uns sundere unße libe fraue betet... Unde do slug on der slag. Neumann, Nr. 1482, p. 306f. The devil (as Prince of the World ) and the Foolish Virgins in Strasbourg 15 5

6 Preparation for Week 4 Read the third part of the Innsbrucker Osterspiel : Merchant s Play (Line ) Look particularly at how the merchant / Rubin scenes are linked with the scenes involving the three Marys How is comic produced and who is made fun of? 16 6