The St. Trudpert Song of Songs, written c. 1160 for Benedictine women, most likely at Admont in Styria (Austria), is a German commentary on the Song of Songs addressed to a female audience. Composed for delivery during the Feast of the Assumption (August 15), the text is a product of the Hirsau reform (eleventh- and twelfth-century movement with its origins at Hirsau abbey), possibly written by a male spiritual advisor to the nuns of Admont, or by one of the nuns in that community. A prologue and an epilogue bracket the commentary, which presents the biblical verses in German translations derived from Williram von Ebersberg’s (d. 1085) eleventh-century Expositio in Cantica Canticorum ( Commentary on the Song of Songs). Isolated Latin words and phrases are interspersed in the vernacular text. With its description of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 11:1–3) leading to oneness with God, the work’s prologue has been of particular interest to medievalists. This reference to union with God marks the St. Trudpert Song of Songs as an early instance of German women’s mysticism that would flourish in later centuries.

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St. Trudpert Song of Songs (Hohes Lied)

  • Gennifer Dorgan

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The St. Trudpert Song of Songs, written c. 1160 for Benedictine women, most likely at Admont in Styria (Austria), is a German commentary on the Song of Songs addressed to a female audience. Composed for delivery during the Feast of the Assumption (August 15), the text is a product of the Hirsau reform (eleventh- and twelfth-century movement with its origins at Hirsau abbey), possibly written by a male spiritual advisor to the nuns of Admont, or by one of the nuns in that community. A prologue and an epilogue bracket the commentary, which presents the biblical verses in German translations derived from Williram von Ebersberg’s (d. 1085) eleventh-century Expositio in Cantica Canticorum ( Commentary on the Song of Songs). Isolated Latin words and phrases are interspersed in the vernacular text. With its description of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 11:1–3) leading to oneness with God, the work’s prologue has been of particular interest to medievalists. This reference to union with God marks the St. Trudpert Song of Songs as an early instance of German women’s mysticism that would flourish in later centuries.