Das Bairisch-osterreichische Buch von Troja: ('Buch von Troja II'). Kritische Ausgabe Heribert A Hilgers Author - libro nuevo

English summary: Heribert A Hilgers and Heinz Thoelen present a critical edition of one of the most important and valuable German prose narratives in German about Troy based on rigorous manuscript research. This volume concerns the text, which prior scholarship has described as "Das Buch von Troja II," a work probably written around 1450 by an unknown author derived, above all, from Konrad of Wurzburg's "Trojanerkreig", the "Historia destructionis Troiae" of Guido de Columnis and the "Excidium Troiae." The text was, until now, only available in two inadequate publications, of which the first was based on no more than two manuscripts and the other is difficult to access. The present editors have take care, in contrast to their predecessors, to ascertain and to appreciate the influence of the sources in the formation of the text. In line with the production of the "Buch von Troja I," whose less meaningful title was changed in Christoph Witzel's edition to the more descriptive "Elsassisches Trojabuch," the title here has been renamed as the "Bairisch-osterreichisches Buch von Troja." Here, the term "Bairisch" refers to the dialect in which the work was composed and "osterreichisch" to the region of origin as the work was most likely composed in Vienna, Wiener Neustadt or in Klosterneuburg. English Descrption:With this volume, Heribert A. Hilgers and Heinz Thoelen present a critical edition of one of the most noteworthy and outstanding late medieval German prose epics about Troy, which has been prepared on the basis of all surviving manuscripts. The text concerned is the one that was referred to as the "Buch von Troja II" in previous studies, which was probably written around 1450 by an anonymous author using especially Konrad of Wurzburg's "Trojanerkrieg", Guido de Columnis' "Historia destructionis Troiae" and the "Excidium Troiae". So far, this text was available only in two inadequate prints of manuscripts, of which one is based on the knowledge of no more than two textual witnesses and the other is hard to access. In contrast to their precursors, the present editors have taken particular care to ascertain and take into consideration the influence of the sources on the text. The change of the title into "Bairisch-osterreichisches Buch von Troja" is modelled on the example of the "Buch von Troja I", whose rather insignificant title was replaced by the more informative term "Elsassisches Trojabuch" in Christoph Witzel's edition. "Bairisch", in this case, refers to the language, "osterreichisch" to the likely place of origin. The work was very probably composed in Vienna, Wiener Neustadt or Klosterneuburg. German description: Heribert A. Hilgers und Heinz Thoelen legen anhand der gesamten handschriftlichen Uberlieferung erarbeitete kritische Ausgabe einer der wichtigsten und qualitatvollsten deutschen Trojaprosen des Spatmittelalters vor. Es handelt sich um den wohl gegen 1450 von einem unbekannten Autor auf der Grundlage vor allem von Konrads von Wurzburg "Trojanerkrieg", der "Historia destructionis Troiae "Guidos de Columnis und des "Excidium Troiae" verfassten, in der bisherigen Forschung als "Buch von Troja II" bezeichneten Text. Dieser war bisher nur in zwei unzureichenden Handschriftenabdrucken greifbar, von denen der erste auf der Kenntnis von nur zwei Textzeugen beruht, der zweite zudem nur schwer zuganglich ist. Die neuen Herausgeber haben im Unterschied zu ihren Vorgangern vor allem Wert darauf gelegt, die Bedeutung der Quellen fur die Textgestaltung zu ermitteln und zu nutzen. Nach dem Vorgang des "Buchs von Troja I", dessen wenig aussagekraftiger Titel in der Ausgabe von Christoph Witzel durch die griffigere Bezeichnung "Elsassisches Trojabuch" ersetzt wurde, erfolgte nunmehr auch die Umbenennung in "Bairisch-osterreichisches Buch von Troja". Dabei bezieht "bairisch" sich auf die Schreibsprache, "osterreichisch" auf den vermutlichen Entstehungsraum: aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach ist das Werk in Wien, Wiener Neu-stadt oder in Klosterneuburg abgefasst worden.