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{{Short description|German-speaking Swiss writer of fable}}

[[File:Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 794, fol. 41r.jpg|thumb|Fable 57 illustrated in Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 794]]
'''Ulrich Boner''', or '''Bonerius''' (fl. early 14th century), was a German-speaking Swiss writer of [[fable]].

He was born in [[Bern]], descended of an old Bernese family and, as far as can be ascertained, took clerical orders and became a monk; yet as it appears that he subsequently married, it is certain that he received the [[tonsure]] only, and was thus entitled to the benefit of the ''clerici uxoriati'', who, on divesting themselves of the clerical garb, could return to secular life. He is mentioned in records between 1324 and 1349, but neither before nor after these dates.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Boner, Ulrich |volume=4 |page=203}}</ref>

He wrote, in [[Middle High German]], a collection of fables entitled ''Der Edelstein'' ('The Jewel') (c. 1349), one hundred in number, which were based principally on those of [[Avianus]] (4th century) and the [[Gualterus Anglicus|Anonymus Neveleti]] (edited by [[Isaac Nicolas Nevelet]], 1610). He dedicated this work to the Bernese patrician and poet, {{Interlanguage link multi|Johann von Ringgenberg|de}}, [[advocatus]] (''[[Vogt]]'') of [[Brienz]] (d. c. 1350). It was printed in 1461 at [[Bamberg]] by [[Albrecht Pfister]] and was one of the first books printed in the German language.<ref name="EB1911"/><ref name="Scholderer">{{cite journal|author=J. Victor Scholderer|year=1912|title='Albrecht Pfister of Bamberg' (book review)|journal=The Library|volume=S3-III|pages=230–6|doi=10.1093/library/s3-iii.10.230|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1431803}}</ref>

According to the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition]]'',
{{blockquote|Boner treats his sources with considerable freedom and originality; he writes a clear and simple style, and the necessarily [[didactic]] tone of the collection is relieved by touches of humour.<ref name="EB1911"/>}}

''Der Edelstein'' was edited by [[Georg Friedrich Benecke|GF Benecke]] (Berlin, 1816) and [[Franz Pfeiffer (literary scholar)|Franz Pfeiffer]] (Leipzig, 1844);<ref>{{cite book |last=Boner |first=Ulrich |author-link=Ulrich Boner |editor-last=Pfeiffer |editor-first=Franz |editor-link=Franz Pfeiffer (literary scholar) |title= Der Edelstein |language=German |place=Leipzig |publisher=G. J. Göschen'sche Verhandlung |year=1844 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_U9xJAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>
a translation into modern German by Karl Pannier will be found in ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Reclams Universal-Bibliothek|de}}'' (Leipzig, 1895). See also [[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing|GE Lessing]] in ''Zur Geschichte und Literatur'' (Werke, ix.); and Christian Waas, ''Die Quellen der Beispiele Boners''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Die-Quellen-Beispiele-Boners-Dissertation/dp/B00DGR3D4Y |title=Archived copy |website=Amazon |access-date=17 September 2017 |archive-date=29 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429203719/http://www.amazon.com/Die-Quellen-Beispiele-Boners-Dissertation/dp/B00DGR3D4Y |url-status=dead }}</ref> (Giessen, 1897).<ref name="EB1911"/>

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