Note 324 — Chapter IV · THE DIFFERENCING ELEMENTS OF THE POETRY OF ART

Becker, Ursprung der romanischen Versmasse, Strassburg, 1890, pp. 6 f., notes that a mediæval hymn by no means expressed mediæval life; it was an individual affair, as was proved at length by Wolf, Lais, pp. 86 ff., who calls the hymns “kunstmässige Gedichte (carmina)” by known and named churchmen. These often had classical models in mind. Later the hymns were suited to congregational purposes.