Verse concordance

The following verse concordance for the manuscripts of Der Arme Heinrich shows the verse inventory and the relative position of the verses, thus also marking transpositions, repetitions and substitutions. Cf. also Fernández Riva / Millet 2022[b].

Since the present edition includes the entire manuscript tradition, it was necessary to create a system for verse numbering that encompasses all witnesses. This could not be done by counting the verses in the individual manuscripts, but only by using the standard numbering, which we therefore use as a reference. The files, however, include an alternative verse numbering system according to manuscripts, which can be selected in the menu of display options.

The starting point for the verse numbers shown is thus the edition of Paul / Gärtner 2001. Each additional or completely changed verse is given a complementary number consisting of the preceding standard verse number and a letter. A verse is considered "different" when it deviates in all its components from the corresponding verse of the other manuscripts. Additional verses often appear as verse pairs or as longer additions; they are then given their own lines in the table. However, new lines also appear as single verses; in these cases, they are usually placed in a couplet next to a standard verse, i.e. they merely replace another verse. They do not receive a new line in the table, but they do receive a complementary numbering. In addition, we mark them in colour so that they are easier to find. If the rhyme word is kept in a verse, but the rest of the line is changed, it is still considered as not completely changed and keeps the standard numbering. If only the rhyme changes, we mark the verse in colour as a "rhyme change" but keep the standard number. To highlight verse transpositions, we also mark them in colour. The added verses in Bb (know as Spaltenreimverse) have also been marked in colour.

The vertical line means that the verse is missing without any loss of material. The beginning and end of fragments are marked by an asterisk in the line before or after them.

Color key

umgestellte Verse Zusatzvers an Stelle eines anderen Reimänderung Spaltenreimvers