The Heidelberg Manuscript P of Otfrida (TM)s Evangelienbuch also leads us close to the author. It was written at the end of the 9th century by two of Otfrida (TM)s pupils, who had already been involved with V (Cod. Vindobonensis 2687) (Vol. I,1 and I,2) and is characterised by artistic illuminated capitals, display scripts, neumata and historically significant linguistic variants. Manuscript D (a oeDiscissusa Fulda around 975), of which only fragments have been preserved, completes the diplomatic edition of Otfrid texts VPD.

The Heidelberg manuscript (P) of Otfrid's -Evangelienbuch- is a further source that puts us in relatively close contact with the author. It was written in the late 9th century in Weissenburg by two of Otfrid's pupils who had already collaborated on manuscript V (Cod. Vindobonensis 2687; Vols. I,1 and I,2). Its distinguishing features are the highly artistic initials, textual foregrounding strategies, neumes, and written variants of language-historical significance. Manuscript D (Discissus, Fulda, around 975) survives in fragments only. These have been put together here for the first time. With this publication the diplomatic edition of the Otfrid manuscripts V, P, and D is now complete."

Table of Contents: Wolfgang Kleiber: Vorbemerkung; Wolfgang Kleiber: Zum Stand der sprachlichen und aussersprachlichen "Romania-submersa" -Diskussion im Schwarzwald; Gerhard Fingerlin: Der Beitrag der Archaologie zur Frage einer "Romania submerse" im mittleren und suedlichen Schwarzwald; Heiko Wagner: Tarodunum und das Zartener Becken in der keltischen Zeit (Latenezeit) und in der Romerzeit; Gerhard Fingerlin: Vom Oberrhein zur jungen Donau: Die Strasse durch den suedlichen Schwarzwald in keltischer, romischer und fruehmittelalterlicher Zeit; Gerhard Fingerlin: Das Zartener Becken (Dreisamtal) im fruehen Mittelalter; Otti Wilmanns: Zur Landschaftsokologie des Mittleren Schwarzwalds - Von der Romerzeit zum Fruehmittelalter; Wolfgang Kleiber: Beitrage zur Siedlungsgeschichte des Mittleren Schwarzwalds im Spiegel vordeutscher Sprachrelikte; Albrecht Greule: Tarodunon - Zarten - Zahringen; Gerhard Fingerlin / Wolfgang Kleiber / Heiko Wagner: Archaologie undSprachwissenschaft - Zusammenfassung; Karten. German text.