{"id":799,"date":"2012-09-10T13:06:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T13:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.stefanschleifer.com\/codex\/?p=799"},"modified":"2013-05-02T11:45:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T11:45:23","slug":"another-riddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=799","title":{"rendered":"Another Riddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geraardsbergen Manuscript<\/a>, text 4 <\/strong>(fols. 103r-103v)<\/p>\n

The Geraardsbergen Manuscript<\/em> opens with a series of riddles.\u00a0To solve these riddles you need some knowledge about life in the Middle Ages. In this particular riddle it may help if you have read the\u00a0Bible:<\/p>\n

\u2018My father got me before he was ever born, and so did my mother, believe me: she carried me before she was born. Moreover, I am the man who took my grandmother\u2019s virginity. And also I am the one\u00a0– how did I manage to do that?! –\u00a0who killed one quarter of the earth\u2019s population. So, I ask you who reads this text: do you know my name?\u2019<\/p>\n

In Middle Dutch it sounds like this<\/a>! (read by Dani\u00ebl Ermens, MA)<\/p>\n

\"Brussels<\/a>

Brussels – KBR – 837-45, fol. 104r: A riddle
(by courtesy of KBR Brussels)<\/p><\/div>\n

“Mijn vader wan mi hier te voren<\/address>\n
Eer hi ghewonnen was of gheboren<\/address>\n
So dede mijn moeder sijt seker das<\/address>\n
Drouch mi eer soe ghedreghen was<\/address>\n
Ic ben oec de selve man<\/address>\n
Die mier ouder moeder maeghdom nam<\/address>\n
Oec ben ic die niet en verdrouch<\/address>\n
Die tvierendeel vander werelt verslouch<\/address>\n
Nu vraghic elken die dit aensiet<\/address>\n
Of hi minen name mach weten yet”<\/address>\n

The solution<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Go to: the complete table of contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Geraardsbergen Manuscript, text 4 (fols. 103r-103v) The Geraardsbergen Manuscript opens with a series of riddles.\u00a0To solve these riddles you need some knowledge about life in the Middle Ages. In this particular riddle it may help if you have read the\u00a0Bible: … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2903,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions\/2903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}