New Fragments of Rudolf von Ems’ Willehalm von Orlens in Middle Low German

Abstract The archives of the Dutch province of Overijssel in Zwolle (Collectie Overijssel) are home to two fragments of Rudolf von Ems’ Willehalm von Orlens in Middle Low German, which have remained unknown to the scholarly community so far. This article describes the material context and codicological and palaeographical features of these fragments and offers a diplomatic edition of the text, followed by a textual and linguistic analysis and a hypothesis on the fragments’ provenance.