Even secular works such as the are often preserved only because they were written on spare sheets in religious codices. The earliest Old High German text is generally taken to be the Abrogans, a Latin–Old High German glossary variously dated between 750 and 780, probably from Reichenau. The 8th century Merseburg Incantations are the only remnant of pre-Christian German literature. The earliest texts not dependent on Latin originals would seem to be the and the Wessobrunn Prayer, both recorded in manuscripts of the early 9th century, though the texts are assumed to derive from earlier copies. The Bavarian "Muspilli" is the sole survivor of what must have been a vast oral tradition. Other important works are the (Gospel harmony) of Otfrid von Weissenburg, the short but splendid and the 9th century . The boundary to Early Middle High German (from ) is not clear-cut. An example of Early Middle High German literature is the . The Lord's Prayer is given in four Old High German dialects below. Because these are translations of a liturgical text, they are best not regarded as examples of idiomatic language, but they do show dialect variation very clearly.