right eye to an archery mishap when the boy was eight years old, is now generally discredited. A popular theory that the eye was lost during the siege of Greifenstein Castle in 1423 is also implausible, as portraits of Oswald from 1408 already depict him with a drooping eyelid. Distinctions Knight of the Holy Sepulchre Order of the Jar Order of the Dragon Compositions He is one of the most important German composers of the Middle Ages. There are three main topics of his work: travel, God and sex. Oswald's poems are preserved in three manuscripts: MS A (Vienna), 42 songs completed in 1425, with an addition of another 66 poems from 1427 to 1436. MS B (Innsbruck): 1432 MS C (Innsbruck-Trostburg): 1450, a copy of B. MSs A and B were completed under the supervision of Oswald himself, and both contain a depiction of the author, qualifying as one of the earliest authentic depictions of a German author. Editions [MS A] Oswald von Wolkenstein. Die Gedichte, ed. J. Schatz. 2nd ed. Göttingen 1904. [MS B] Die Lieder Oswalds von Wolkenstein, ed. K. K. Klein. 3rd ed. H. Moser, N. R. Wolf, N. Wolf, Tübingen 1987. [MS C] Die Gedichte Oswalds von Wolkenstein. Mit Einleitung, Wortbuch und Varianten, ed. B. Weber, Innsbruck 1847. Classen, Albrecht: The Poems of Oswald Von Wolkenstein: An English Translation of the Complete Works. (1376/77-1445) The New Middle Ages. Palgrave 2008, Sources This article is based on the 600-page biography Ich Wolkenstein by Dieter Kühn; Insel Taschenbuch 497; Erweiterte Ausgabe 1980; Insel Verlag Frankfurt am Main 1977; . References Meinolf Schumacher: "Ein Kranz für den Tanz und ein Strich durch die Rechnung. Zu Oswald von Wolkenstein Ich spür ain tier (Kl 6)." Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur 123 (2001): 253-273 PDF. External links Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft Lyrics 1370s births 1445 deaths People from Pfalzen Renaissance composers Minnesingers Middle High German literature German diplomats 14th-century German poets 15th-century German poets Order of the Dragon German male poets Medieval Knights of the Holy Sepulchre