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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Venance Fortunat (0530-0601 ; saint)
Titre conventionnel : [Carmina (anglais)]
Titre(s) : Poems [Texte imprimé] / Venantius Fortunatus ; edited and translated by Michael Roberts
Publication : Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017
Description matérielle : xx, 910 pages ; 22 cm
Collection : Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 46
Lien à la collection : Dumbarton Oaks medieval library
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Poems in Latin with English translations on facing pages; introduction and notes in
English.
The present volume is the first English translation of all twelve books of Fortunatus's
poetry. The only poem omitted is the hexameter Vita Sancti Martini. Books 1 to 3 and
5 are addressed to figures in the church or deal with religious matters; Books 6 and
7 are addressed to secular figures. Book 4 stands apart and is made up entirely of
epitaphs, including to church and secular figures, and Book 8 gathers poems dedicated
to the Convent of the Holy Cross, its founder, Radegund, and its abbess, Agnes, along
with a succession of poems to Fortunatus's chief patron, Gregory of Tours. Fortunatus
adopts a variety of tones in his poetic corpus, but characteristically praise of his
subject or addressee plays a prominent role. The subjects include the great and the
good in Merovingian society, from substantial panegyrics of kings to less ambitious
compositions on bishops or other clergy that rehearse their virtues, including charitable,
preaching, and building activities. Preserved among Fortunatus's poems are eight letters
in prose--nine, if the dedicatory letter to Gregory is included--and two prose treatises,
the first, on the Lord's Prayer, incomplete.
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Roberts, Michael John (1947-....). Traducteur
Genre ou forme : Poésie latine médiévale et moderne
Indice(s) Dewey :
871.02 (23e éd.) = Poésie latine - Vers 0500-vers 0749 [oeuvre]
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674974920. - ISBN 0674974921 (rel)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45820416f
Notice n° :
FRBNF45820416
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