Adelbert von Keller (5 July 1812 – 13 March 1883) was a German

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

Biography

He was born at

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, and educated at the

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, where, after study at Paris, he became Privatdozent and assistant librarian (1835). After travels in Italy and research in Italian libraries, he was professor and librarian at Tübingen until 1850, when he became president of the Litterarische Verein. In this office much of his work as editor of

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works was done, while his work in

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belongs to the earlier period.

Works

* ''Li Romans des sept sages'' (1836) * ''Altfranzösische Sagen'' (Old French legends; last ed. 1876) * a complete translation of

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(1838–42) * ''Romancero del Cid'' (1840) * ''Zwei Fabliaux'' (1840) * ''Diokletians Leben'' (Life of Diocletian; 1841) * ''Li romans don chevalier au leon'' (1841) * ''

Gesta Romanorum ''Gesta Romanorum'', meaning ''Deeds of the Romans'' (a very misleading title), is a Latin collection of anecdotes and tales that was probably compiled about the end of the 13th century or the beginning of the 14th. It still possesses a two-fold l ...

'' (1842) * a translation of

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, with Moriz Rapp (1843–46) * ''Rómvart'' (1844) * ''Altdeutsche Gedichte'' (Old German poems; 1846) * ''Alte gute Schwänke'' (last ed. 1846) * ''Lieder Heinrichs von Württemberg'' (1849) * ''Lieder Guillems von Burgenden'' (1849) * ''Meister Altwerts Werke'' (1850) * ''Italienischer Novellenschatz'' (A treasury of Italian novels; 1851–52) * ''Fastnachtsspiele aus dem fünfzehnten Jahrhundert'' (1853–58) * ''Ayrers Dramen'' (1864–65) * ''Das deutsche

Heldenbuch ''Heldenbücher'' (singular ''Heldenbuch'' "book of heroes") is the conventional title under which a group of German manuscripts and prints of the 15th and 16th centuries has come down to us. Each ''Heldenbuch'' contains a collection of primarily ...

'' (1867) * ''

Hans Sachs Hans Sachs (5 November 1494 – 19 January 1576) was a German ''Meistersinger'' ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright, and shoemaker. Biography Hans Sachs was born in Nuremberg (). As a child he attended a singing school that was held in the churc ...

'' (1870–81) * ''Augustin Tüngers Facetiae'' (1875) * ''

Uhland Uhland may refer to: *Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862), German poet *Uhland, Texas Uhland ( ) is a city in Caldwell and Hays counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 1,588 at the 2020 census, up from 1,014 at the 2010 census. Uhland is na ...

als Dramatiker, mit Benutzung seines handscrhriftlichen Nachlasses dargestellt'' (Uhland as a dramatist, drawn from his manuscripts; 1877) * ''Das

Nibelungenlied The ( gmh, Der Nibelunge liet or ), translated as ''The Song of the Nibelungs'', is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The is based on an oral tradition of Germani ...

nach der Piaristenhandschrift'' (1880) * ''Verzeichnis altdeutscher Handschriften'' (edited by Eduard Sievers, 1890)

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Keller, Adelbert von 1812 births 1883 deaths German philologists German librarians University of Tübingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Tübingen People from Ludwigsburg (district)