LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.01.27 (05) [E]

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From: Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Hi All

further from what Ron already said about Berlin
formerly being Low Saxon speaking; in the Marienkirche
on Alexanderplatz in Berlin there's a 'Totentanz'
(Dance of Death) fresco, with a poem underneath in Low
Saxon dating from around 1490. I found the following
website http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~history1/ks/berl00.htm
with the fresco and poem, although you'll probably
need a magnifying glass to read the poem.

Gary

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Thanks a lot, Gary ... and great hearing from you again!

I tried maginifying the picture to read the text, but the resolution makes
it illegible.  Too bad!

For another _Dance macabre_ (_Totentanz_) in Middle Saxon, please see the
one in Lübeck (considered the center of Middle Saxon in Hanseatic times),
this website coming with the original (legible) text along with English
translations.

http://www.dodedans.com/Etext.htm

There is an interesting variant from Tallinn, Estonia, also in Middle Saxon
but with better preserved art:

http://www.dodedans.com/Eest.htm

The verse comparison is interesting:

 Lübeck:
   To dessem Dansse rope ik alghemene
   Pawest, Keiser unde alle Creaturen
   Arme, Rike, grote unde klene
   Tredet vort, wente nu en helpet nen truren.

Tallinn:
   To dussem dantse rope ik al gemene
   Pawes keiser unde alle creaturen
   Arm ryke groet unde kleine
   Tredet vort went iu en helpet nen truren

My translation:

   I bid them all to join this dance
   Pope, emperor and all creation
   Poor, rich, great and small
   Step forth! Regret's to avail

Kumpelmenten,
Reinhard/Ron

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