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The Merseburg Incantations or Merseburg Charms ((ドイツ語:die Merseburger Zaubersprüche)) are two medieval magic spells, charms or incantations, written in Old High German. They are the only known examples of Germanic pagan belief preserved in this language. They were discovered in 1841 by Georg Waitz,〔Jeep, John. 'Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia'. Routledge; 2001. pp.112-113. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3〕 who found them in a theological manuscript from Fulda, written in the 9th or 10th century, although there remains some speculation about the date of the charms themselves. The manuscript (Cod. 136 f. 85a) was stored in the library of the cathedral chapter of Merseburg, hence the name. ==History== The Merseburg Incantations are the only surviving instance of ostensibly pre-Christian, pagan, Old High German literature.〔Todd, Henry & Weeks, Raymond, Editors,'Romanic Review Quarterly Journal, Volume VII, P.123. Columbia University Press, 1916.〕 The incantations were recorded in the 10th century by a literate cleric, possibly in the abbey of Fulda, on a blank page of a liturgical book, which later passed to the library at Merseburg. The incantations have thus been transmitted in Caroline minuscule on the flyleaf of a Latin sacramentary. The spells became famous in modern times through the appreciation of the Grimm brothers, who wrote as follows:
The spells were published later by the Brothers Grimm in ''On two newly-discovered poems from the German Heroic Period'' (1842). The manuscript of the Merseburg Incantations was on display until November 2004 as part of the exhibition "Between Cathedral and World - 1000 years of the Chapter of Merseburg," at Merseburg cathedral. They were previously exhibited in 1939. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Merseburg Incantations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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