Ludus de decem virginibus: Recovery of the Sung Liturgical Core of the Thuringian Zehnjungfrauenspiel

Renate Amstutz

ST 140. 2002. xxxvi, 412 pages; musical transcriptions, figures, tables, facsimiles; 92 pages on microfiche. Casebound. ISBN 978–0–88844–140–9 • $89.95

An interdisciplinary study of the Latin remnants of the German–Latin Play of the Ten Virgins, based on comprehensive research into the medieval liturgical and dramatic traditions. The restored text and music of the Latin chants reveal a complete Latin liturgical drama that may have preceded the surviving macaronic play.

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