Friesche rymlerye - Japiks, Gysbert; Gabbema, Simon Abbes 1628-1688 (Leeuwarden Tjallings Heegslag, 1681)
Leafde en boartlike mingeldeuntsjes ('Love and playful verses') -- Gemiene of hûsmanne petear ('Conversation of the common man or peasant') -- Himelsk harplûd ('Heavenly harp sound', or psalms)
Gysbert Japicx or Japiks (1603-1666) is the best-known Frisian writer of the seventeenth century, somewhat the Frisian Vondel or Bredero. He is considered the founder of Frisian as a written language, but was long overshadowed by Jan Jansz. Starter. This collection contains 'Fryske Tsjerne' (1639), a wedding poem about a middle-aged peasant who can sing well.
Bound in with 'Het twaede diel fen dy Frische wirkken'
Originally published in 1668 (posth.)
brown leather binding with golden ornamentations
in trye dielen forschaet: d'eerste binne ljeafd in bortlycke mingel-deuntjes: 't oorde sinte gemiene æf huwzmanne Petear, in ore Katerye: 't efterste iz: hymmelsch harp-luwd. Dat iz to sizzen, ytlijcke fen Davids psalmen
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Poetry; Linguistics; Friesland (Netherlands)