Franciscan Authors
Franciscan Authors

Hartung (Hartwich/Heinrich) Erfurdensis (first half fourteenth century)

Hartung (Hartwich/Heinrich) Erfurdensis (first half fourteenth century) OM. German friar. There is still some discussion as to whether or not he was a Franciscan. Preached ca. 1320-40 in the region of Erfurt. A fair amount of his German Postillen (predominantly (model) sermons for the sundays and feast days (Sermones de T & de S) of the liturgical year, deriving most frequently their theme from the epistles and the gospels read on these occasions), Tractatus (sermons organised more loosely, often directed to several main themes of moral or doctrinal import) and Plenarien (sermons that can almost be described as lengthy glosses to liturgical pericopes) have survived under the name Hartung, Hartwig, Henri and Hartwaig. (For the ascription of some of these collections, there might be a confusion with Henry of Erfurt (OP)) In some sermons, Hartung expresively shows himself as a Franciscan with spiritual inclinations, and a supporter of Louis of Bavaria, although he does not want to speak against the Pope. The sermons contain strong denunciations of power abuse and opulence of the clergy, as well as mystical elements (Some scholars suspect influence by Eckhart, yet not everything dealing with the presence of God in the soul of man is immediately derivative of Eckhart). Maybe Hartung is also the author of a treatise on dreaming and sleeping. Hartung’s or Hartwich’s sermon manuscripts have a wide and intricate reception history (as model sermon collections, communal and private reading texts, meditation books etc (see Mertens, 1978, 1981, 1984).

Works

  • Sermones ( Postillen ): MSS Augsburg, StadtsB. 2° cod 150

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  • Berlin, StBPK Mgf. 1151 & mgf 736/25,26

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  • Donaueschingen, B.II.1

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  • Frankfurt StadtsB. und UB Ms. Germ. Qu. 3

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  • Zürich Zentralbibl. Cod. Car. C. 98

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  • Königsberg, UB, 896 [now lost]

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  • München. Cgm 222 & 286

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  • Vienna 15315. Mertens (1978) gives a concordance of 176 postillae known through the five principal mss.

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  • Sermones ( Plenarien ): MSS Vienna, 2845

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  • München Cgm 636

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  • Breslau, UB I F 371, I F 564 & I F 568

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  • Berlin StBPK Mgf 130

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  • Dillingen cod. XV, 78, Vienna 3057, Strasbourg, Bibliothèque du Grand Séminaire 17

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  • Tractatus : Nürnberg, StadsB. Cent. IV 37, Cent. VI 53, Cent. IV 40

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  • St. Gallen Stiftsbib. Sang. 969

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  • Oxford Laud. Misc. 479

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  • Tractatus de Somno : ?

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