Vita Sancti Martini: prologue and books I-II

This volume provides a new critical text of the Prologue and the first two books of Venantius Fortunatus' Vita Sancti Martini, a work, written in the latter half of the sixth century, which paraphrases in epic verse the famous prose hagiography of St Martin by Sulpicius Severus. This edition of...

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Main Author: Venantius Fortunatus 530-600 (Author)
Other Authors: Kay, N. M. 1954- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:Latin
English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2020
Series:Cambridge classical texts and commentaries 59
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Summary:This volume provides a new critical text of the Prologue and the first two books of Venantius Fortunatus' Vita Sancti Martini, a work, written in the latter half of the sixth century, which paraphrases in epic verse the famous prose hagiography of St Martin by Sulpicius Severus. This edition offers the first English translation of and the first full commentary on that part of Venantius' poem. Venantius was one of the last writers in a recognisably classical Latin tradition and his Vita affords a fascinating insight into the language and literary culture of his time. It is, however, a deceptively allusive and difficult poem, and the introduction and commentary of this book deal extensively with matters of exegesis, textual criticism, language, metre and much else. It will be valuable for students of the literature and culture of late Latin antiquity, and for those interested in early Christianity and hagiography.
Item Description:Appendixes include Latin text of Fortunatus's Epistula ad Gregorium, of Sulpicius Severus's Vita Sancti Martini and Paulinus of Périgeux' Vita Sancti Martini, I-III. English translation of Epistula ad Gregorium also included
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:VIII, 580 Seiten Illustration 23 cm
ISBN:9781108425841

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