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A Garland of Satire, Wisdom, and History: Latin Verse from Twelfth-Century France (Carmina Houghtoniensia) (Houghton Library Studies)

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Description for A Garland of Satire, Wisdom, and History: Latin Verse from Twelfth-Century France (Carmina Houghtoniensia) (Houghton Library Studies) Paperback. Brings into print editions, translations, and commentaries for more than two dozen unique poems (in Latin) from the late eleventh and early twelfth century, preserved in Houghton Library's anthology known as MS Lat 300. This book offers unparalleled access to the anthology. Editor(s): Ziolkowski, Jan M.; Balint, Bridget K. Translator(s): Lake, Justin; Light, Laura; Piper, Prydwyn O. Series: Houghton Library Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 45 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; DNF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 255 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.

This book brings into print editions, translations, and commentaries for more than two dozen unique poems (in Latin) from the late eleventh and early twelfth century, preserved in Houghton Library's anthology known as MS Lat 300. This book offers unparalleled access to the anthology, previously unavailable in English.

From a literary point of view, those interested in lyric poetry composed in Old French and Old Provençal have paid increasing attention to Latin poetry that circulated in France, and of course those wishing to trace the background of the Carmina Burana have reason to study this kind of collection, but ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
Condition
New
Series
Houghton Library Studies
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9780976547273
SKU
V9780976547273
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Ref
99-13

About Unknown
Jan M. Ziolkowski is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University. Bridget K. Balint is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. Justin Lake is Assistant Professor of Classics in the Department of European and Classical Languages and Cultures at Texas A&M University. Laura Light is a former manuscript ... Read more

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