Otfrid of Weissenburg

• WORKS:
  • Letter about the Translation of the Gospels: Otfrid wrote a life of Christ in rhyming German verse at the request of the noblewoman Judith. This letter to the Archbishop of Mainz describes the work, as well the challenges of creating one of the first long written documents in the Germanic language. Latin original followed by Marchand translation, 1992. --- WIRETAP