Clara Hätzlerin (c. 1430 – 1476) was a professional
scribe
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The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as ...
in 15th century
Augsburg
Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ...
.
Her 1471 ''
Liederbuch'' (songbook), a varied collection of love poems and an important literary manuscript, was among the sources used by composer
Carl Orff
Carl Heinrich Maria Orff (; 10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982) was a German composer and music educator, who composed the cantata ''Carmina Burana (Orff), Carmina Burana'' (1937). The concepts of his Orff Schulwerk, Schulwerk were influential for ...
for his tragic ''
Die Bernauerin'' (1947).
Clara-Hätzler-Straße in
Augsburg
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is named after her.
Hätzlerin is one of the 999 notable women whose names are displayed on the
Heritage Floor of Judy Chicago's ''
The Dinner Party
''The Dinner Party'' is an installation artwork by American feminist artist Judy Chicago. There are 39 elaborate place settings on a triangular table for 39 mythical and historical famous women. Sacajawea, Sojourner Truth, Eleanor of Aquitaine, ...
'' art installation (1979).
Clara Hatzerlin
" Heritage Floor, ''The Dinner Party''. Brooklyn Museum. Accessed 5 Feb. 2023.
See also
* The Dinner Party
''The Dinner Party'' is an installation artwork by American feminist artist Judy Chicago. There are 39 elaborate place settings on a triangular table for 39 mythical and historical famous women. Sacajawea, Sojourner Truth, Eleanor of Aquitaine, ...
* List of women calligraphers
* List of women in the Heritage Floor
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References
Further reading
*Burghart Wachinger, ''Liebe und Literatur im spätmittelalterlichen Schwaben und Franken, Zur Augsburger Sammelhandschrift der Clara Hätzlerin'', DVjs 56 (1982), 386–406.
*Edmunds, Sheila. 'The Life and Work of Clara Hätzlerin' in ''Journal of the Early Book Society for the study of manuscripts and printing history'' (New York: Pace University Press
Pace University Press is a university press affiliated with Pace University in New York City. The presswhich was established in the late 1980s by Pace University professors Sherman Raskin and Mark Husseyis most known for publishing works that anal ...
): 2 (1999).
*Glaser, Elvira, 'Das Graphemsystem der Clara Hätzlerin im Kontext der Handschrift Heidelberg, Cpg. 677', in: ''Deutsche Sprache in Raum und Zeit, Festschrift für Peter Wiesinger zum 60. Geburtstag'', eds. Ernst and Patocka, Vienna (1998), p. 479–494.
*''Liederbuch der Clara Hätzlerin : aus der Handschrift des Böhmischen Museums zu Prag'', ed. C. Haltaus. - Quedlinburg : Basse, 1840; reprint: . (Full text available in bot
English
an
German
from the Internet Archive
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)
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1476 deaths
German women writers
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15th-century German writers
15th-century calligraphers
15th-century musicians
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