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Very little is known concerning his life. In the epilogue of the Heidelberg manuscript, the poet calls himself "der Pfaffe Kuonrat", and informs us that he translated from the French, first into Latin, and then into German, without adding or omitting. He also says that the French original was
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is depicted as the model Christian prince, while Roland is the peerless Christian knight who loses his life in battle for his Faith. Yet the influence of the folk-epic is quite evident, as, for instance, in the passage where the emperor's dazzling eyes are described.
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That a translation was first made into Latin is shown by the numerous Latin endings that remain. A comparison with the French original reveals quite a number of additions, especially in the way of passages in praise of the Bavarian prince and people. The 1913
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from 1126 to 1139, the date of the composition of the poem would then be about 1131, in which year Henry is known to have made a journey to Paris, where he presumably procured the French manuscript. The lay itself was written in Bavaria, probably at
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as early as 1727. Next in importance is the Heidelberg manuscript, adorned with thirty-nine miniatures. The other extant manuscripts are mere fragments. Editions by Grimm,
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Altogether, there are 9094 verses. The form is the short rhymed couplet, the rhyme being often mere assonance.
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No complete manuscript of the poem exists. The oldest and most important manuscript, that of Strasburg, was
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calls it "a free translation, which is sometimes designated as a paraphrase".
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procured for him by Duke Henry, at whose request he composed his
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describes the German translation as "not slavishly literal";
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To Konrad has also been ascribed the authorship of the
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