Thomas Murners 'Aeneis'-Übersetzung (1515)

The first ever German translation of Virgil's 'Aeneid' is that of the Franciscan, doctor of theology, jurist and poeta laureatus Thomas Murner (1475-1537). Its cultural and literary historical significance is documented on the one hand by its affiliation to the environment of the dedicatee, Emperor Maximilian I, and on the other hand by the deliberately staged humanist gesture of the author: Murner, according to the preface, "has refreshed Vergil's work from Latynschem todt in tütsches leben". ...