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Work Title Codex buranus Alt ernative . Title Carmina burana Name Translations 布兰诗歌 ; 布蘭詩歌 ; Carmina Burana ; كارمينا بورانا ; カルミナ・ブラーナ ; Κάρμινα Μπουράνα ; Karmina Burana ; Кармина Бурана ; כרמינה בוראנה ; কারমিনা ব্যুরানা Name Aliases 博伊伦之歌 ; Cármina Burana ; Codex Buranus ; Imperatrix mundi ; Кодекс Буранус ; Burana Codex Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 209093644; LCCN: n80098192; GND: 4284287-6 Composer Anonymous I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. No. None [ force assignment ] Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's over 200 texts Year/Date of Composition Y/D of Comp. before 1250 First Pub lication . 1847, 1901 (fragments) Librettist Anonymous Language Latin, High German Piece Style Medieval

Illuminated mediæval codex of over 200 Latin texts, authors usually anonymous, many with neumatic musical notation, authored in southern Germany and preserved until 1800 at Benediktbeuern in Bavaria.

The manuscript is of particular interest since Carl Orff used a number of texts from the codex in his cantata “Carmina Burana”: the song categorised as CB17 on folio 1r (p.1) is used as the opening and closing item in his cycle, “Fortuna imperatrix mundi” (Fortune, Empress of the World).

Other texts used by Orff appear on folios 28v, 32r, 37r, 48v, 50r, 53v, 56v–57r, 59r–60v, 67v, 69v–72r, 84r, 87v, 97v, and 107v.

Besides the illustration of the wheel of fortune (which was moved from a later position in the codex to become a frontispiece) there are several ornate illuminations or other drawings throughout the codex, for example at 39r, 64v, 72v, 77v, and several from 89v to 92r.