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J. M. Ziolkowski, M. C. J. Putnam (ed.), The Virgilian Tradition. The First Fifteen Hundred Years.

J. M. Ziolkowski, M. C. J. Putnam (ed.), The Virgilian Tradition. The First Fifteen Hundred Years.

Publié le par Sophie Rabau (Source : Bryn Mawr Review)

The Virgilian Tradition. The First FifteenHundred Years.

Edited by Jan M. Ziolkowski and Michael C. J. Putnam

New Haven &London: Yale UniversityPress, 2008.

ISBN 978-0-300-10822-4.

Présentation de l'éditeur: 

This indispensable anthology gathers texts and translations thatcover major aspects of the Virgilian tradition from the Roman poet'sown lifetime to the year 1500. Unprecedented in scope, the bookpresents a vast compendium of materials that illuminate how poets,teachers, students, and common folk responded to Virgil and his poetry.The volume offers a brief commentary on each text, many of which aretranslated into English for the first time.

Thebook begins with a chronological survey of Virgil's influence uponwriters from Augustan Rome to Renaissance Italy. There follow detailedreviews of biographies of Virgil, of how his writings were received andused, and of how the poet was envisaged and explained through thecenturies. The final section focuses on the tradition of legendsassociated with Virgil.

Michael C. J. Putnam is W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics and professor of comparative literature, Brown University. He is the author of Virgil's Epic Designs and Horace's “Carmen Saeculare,” published by Yale University Press. Jan M. Ziolkowski,author of more than a dozen books on medieval literature, is ArthurKingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin at Harvard University.

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“Two thousand years after the death of its author, Virgil's poetryoccupies a central place in the canon of Western literature. The numberof responses to Virgil, however, has discouraged anyone from attemptingto collect them, sift out the most important, and organize theselections in an intelligible manner. This is the job Putnam andZiolkowski have undertaken, and they have succeeded admirably.”—CraigKallendorf, Texas A & M University   

“This wonderfulproject brings together a truly generous sampling of text andtranslations that document the tradition of Virgil reception. There areno comparable collections of sources, much less sources withtranslations into English.”—Ralph J. Hexter, President, HampshireCollege     

"A challenging project, well carried out. . . .Fascinating in illuminating the minds of [Virgil's] readers through theages."—Jasper Griffin, New York Review of Books

 Sommaire:



List of Illustrations

Preface

Rules of the Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

List of Abbreviations

I. Virgil the Poet    

        A. Virgil on Himself  

               1. Georgics   

               2. Letter to Augustus 

        B. Contemporary Response      

               1. Lucius Varius Rufus 000

               2. Horace      000

               3. Agrippa     000

               4. Propertius  000

               5. Domitius Marsus     000

        C. Later Influence and Importance     000

               1. Ovid        000

               2. ¿Ille ego qui quondam gracili modulatus avena¿     000

               3. Appendix Vergiliana 000

               4. Seneca the Elder    000

               5. Velleius Paterculus 000

               6. Quintus Remmius Palaemon    000

               7. Seneca the Younger  000

               8. Pliny the Elder     000

               9. Lucan       000

               10. Calpurnius Siculus 000

               11. First Einsiedeln Eclogue   000

               12. Laus Pisonis       000

               13. Petronius  000

               14. Columella  000

               15. Pompeian Graffiti  000

               16. Masada Papyrus     000

               17. Vindolanda Writing-Tablets 000

                18. Silius Italicus    000

               19. Quintilian 000

               20. Martial    000

               21. Statius    000

               22. Tacitus    000

               23. Florus     000

               24. Pliny the Younger  000

               25. Juvenal    000

               26. Apuleius   000

               27. Aulus Gellius      000

               28. Avienus    000

               29. Ammianus Marcellinus       000

               30. Jerome     000

               31. Augustine  000

               32. Claudian   000

               33. Sidonius Apollinaris       000

               34. Ennodius   000

               35. Cassiodorus 000

               36. Gregory of Tours   000

               37. Isidore    000

               38. Aldhelm    000

               39. Alcuin     000

               40. Ermoldus Nigellus  000

               41. Welsh Battle of the Trees  000

               42. Ermenrich of Ellwangen     000

               43. Modus Ottinc       000

               44. Fulbert of Chartres        000

               45. Donizo     000

               46. Peter Abelard      000

               47. Otto of Freising   000

               48. ¿Archpoet¿ 000

               49. Walter of Châtillon        000

               50. Alan of Lille      000

               51. Chrétien de Troyes 000

               52. Jacob van Maerlant 000

               53. Dante      000

               54. Petrarch   000

               55. Chaucer    000

               56. Christine de Pizan 000

               57. Maffeo Vegio       000

        D. Virgil as Performed or Declaimed   000

               1. Tacitus     000

               2. Suetonius   000

               3. Probus      000

               4. Lucian      000

               5. Macrobius   000

               6. Performances of the Eclogues       000

               7. Servius     000

               8. Augustine   000

               9. Fulgentius  000

               10. Venantius Fortunatus       000

               11. Virgil and Musical Notation       000

II. Biography: Images of Virgil       000

        A. Vitae       000

               1. Vita Suetonii vulgo Donatiana      000

               2. Jerome      000

               3. Vita Servii  000

               4. Vita Focae  000

               5. Vita Philargyrii I  000

               6. Vita Philargyrii II 000

               7. Vita Probi  000

               8. Expositio Donati    000

               9. Expositio Monacensis I      000

               10. Expositio Monacensis II    000

               11. Periochae Bernenses I      000

               12. Periochae Bernenses II     000

               13. Periochae Gudianae         000

               14. Periochae Tegernseenses    000

               15. Periochae Vaticanae               000

               16. Vita Aurelianensis 000

               17. Vita Bernensis I   000

               18. Vita Bernensis II  000

               19. Vita Bernensis III         000

               20. Vita Gudiana I     000

               21. Vita Gudiana II    000

               22. Vita Gudiana III   000

               23. Vita Leidensis     000

               24. Vita Monacensis I  000

               25. Vita Monacensis II 000

               26. Vita Monacensis III        000

               27. Vita Monacensis IV 000

               28. Vita Noricensis I  000

               29. Vita Noricensis II         000

               30. Vita Parisina II   000

               31. Vita Vaticana I    000

               32. Vita Vaticana II   000

               33. Vita Vossiana      000

               34. Zono de¿ Magnalis  000

               35. Domenico di Bandino        000

               36. Sicco Polenton I   000

               37. Donatus auctus     000

               38. Sicco Polenton II  000

               39. Vita Laurentiana   000

        B. Virgil¿s Birthday: Ides of October as Sacred       000

               1. Pliny the Younger   000

               2. Martial     000

               3. Ausonius    000

        C. Virgil¿s Remains and Grave  000

               1. Epitaph     000

               2. Statius     000

               3. Martial     000

               4. Pliny the Younger   000

               5. Aelius Donatus      000

               6. Vita Probi  000

               7. Jerome      000

               8. Sidonius Apollinaris        000

               9. Eusthenius  000

               10. Pompilianus        000

               11. Radulfus Tortarius 000

               12. John of Salisbury  000

               13. Conrad of Querfurt         000

               14. Gervase of Tilbury         000

               15. Dante      000

               16. Sequence about St. Paul    000

               17. Petrarch   000

               18. Itinerary of a Certain Englishman 000

               19. Boccaccio  000

        D. The Burning of the Aeneid   000

               1. Ovid        000

               2. Pliny the Elder     000

               3. Gaius Sulpicius Apollinaris 000

               4. Aulus Gellius       000

               5. Aelius Donatus      000

               6. Macrobius   000

        E. Autograph Manuscripts of Virgil    000

               1. Pliny the Elder     000

               2. Quintilian  000

               3. Aulus Gellius       000

        F. Virgilian Images    000

               1. Ancient Textual References to Portraits of Virgil  000

               2. Late Antique Textual Reference to Portraits of Virgil     000

               3. Late Antique Virgilian Imagery     000

               4. Flabellum of Tournus        000

               5. Virgil on a Wooden Bowl     000

               6. Illuminated Aeneid  000

               7. Virgil in Mantua    000

               8. Virgil and Dante    000

               9. Virgil and Petrarch 000

               10. Portraits of Prophetic Virgil and the Sibyl       000

               11. Virgil as Magician 000

               12. Virgil in the Basket       000

               13. Virgilian Imagery in Non-Virgilian Texts  000

               14. Conclusion 000

        G. Virgil as Philosopher and Compendium of Knowledge  000

               1. Seneca the Younger  000

               2. Macrobius   000

               3. Servius     000

               4. Bernardus Silvestris        000

               5. Old French Roman de Thèbes         000

               6. John of Salisbury   000

               7. Alexander Neckam    000

               8. Boccaccio   000

        H. Virgil as Worthy of Veneration and Divine  000

               1. Tacitus     000

               2. Macrobius   000

               3. Servius     000

III. Virgil¿s Texts and Their Uses    000

        A. Virgilian Cento     000

               1. Petronius   000

               2. Hosidius Geta and African Centos   000

               3. Tertullian  000

               4. Ausonius    000

               5. Proba       000

               6. Pomponius   000

               7. Mavortius   000

               8. De verbi incarnatione       000

               9. Thierry of St. Trond        000

        B. Virgilian Parody    000

               1. Early Detractors    000

               2. Cornificius Gallus  000

               3. Servius     000

        C. Eclogues 4  000

               1. Lactantius  000

               2. Constantine I 000

               3. Augustine   000

               4. Jerome      000

               5. Christian of Stavelot       000

               6. Abelard     000

               7. Jean de Meun 000

               8. Dante       000

        D. Orpheus     000

               1. Ovid        000

               2. Martial     000

               3. Boethius    000

               4. Fulgentius  000

               5. Bernardus Silvestris        000

        E. Dido        000

               1. Ovid        000

               2. Tertullian  000

               3. Bobbio Epigrams, No. 45     000

               4. Macrobius   000

               5. Jerome      000

               6. Augustine   000

               7. ¿O decus, O Libye regnum¿   000

               8. ¿Anna soror ut quid mori¿   000

               9. Dante       000

               10. Petrarch   000

               11. Boccaccio  000

               12. Chaucer    000

        F. Descent into the Underworld 000

               1. Servius     000

               2. Bernardus Silvestris        000

        G. Golden Bough        000

               1. Macrobius   000

               2. Servius     000

               3. Bernardus Silvestris        000

               4. John of Salisbury   000

        H. Florilegia  000

 I. Old French Roman d¿Énéas   000

               1. Dido Episode        000

               2. Golden Bough Episode        000

        J. Heinrich von Veldeke        000

               1. Dido        000

               2. Journey to the Underworld   000

        K. Wanderings of Aeneas        000

               1. Historical Prologue         000

               2. Aeneas and Dido     000

               3. Golden Bough 000

        L. Virgil in Medieval Icelandic       000

               1. Trojan Horse        000

               2. Serpentine Simile   000

               3. Trojan Horse (Rationalized) 000

               4. Thor Substituted for Jupiter       000

IV. Commentary Tradition       000

        A. Tradition of Commentary before the Fourth Century  000

               1. Q. Caecilius Epirota        000

               2. C. Iulius Hyginus   000

               3. Q. Asconius Pedianus        000

               4. Lucius Annaeus Cornutus     000

               5. Marcus Valerius Probus      000

               6. Velius Longus       000

               7. Aulus Gellius       000

               8. Aemilius Asper      000

        B. Servius     000

               1. Comment on Aeneid 4 000

               2. Allegory    000

        C. Macrobius   000

               1. Rhetorical Devices  000

               2. Oratorical Skill    000

               3. Greek Models 000

               4. Roman Models 000

               5. Knowledge of Astronomy and Philosophy      000

               6. Pontifical Law      000

               7. Augural Law 000

        D. Other Commentators of the Fourth or Fifth Century  000

               1. Iunius Philargyrius         000

               2. Aelius Donatus      000

               3. Tiberius Claudius Donatus   000

        E. Priscian    000

        F. Fulgentius  000

        G. Virgilius Maro Grammaticus  000

        H. Scholia Bernensia on Eclogues 4    000

        I. Old Irish Glosses on Philargyrius  000

               1. Comment on Eclogues 4.19    000

               2. Comment on Eclogues 4.28    000

               3. Comment on Eclogues 4.34    000

               4. Comment on Eclogues 4.40    000

               5. Comment on Eclogues 4.42    000

               6. Comment on Eclogues 4.44    000

               7. Comment on Eclogues 4.45    000

               8. Comment on Eclogues 4.50    000

        J. Carolingian Commentary on Eclogues 6       000

        K. Carolingian Glosses on Aeneid 4    000

        L. Old High German Glosses     000

        M. Introduction to the Latin Homer    000

        N. Introductions to the Eclogues      000

               1. Argumenta   000

               2. Accessus    000

        O. ¿Master Anselm¿     000

        P. Platonizing Directions in Virgilian Allegory       000

               1. Opening Notes       000

               2. Glosses on the Aeneid       000

        Q. (Pseudo-)Bernardus Silvestris      000

               1. Preface to Commentary on Aeneid    000

               2. Comment on Aeneid 1.52      000

               3. Comment on Aeneid 1.412, 446       000

               4. Comment on Aeneid 2.1       000

               5. Comment on Aeneid 3 000

               6. Comment on Aeneid 4 000

               7. Comment on Aeneid 5.1, 114  000

               8. Comment on Aeneid 6.6       000

               9. Comment on Aeneid 6.13, 34  000

               10. Comment on Aeneid 6.42            000

               11. Comment on Aeneid 6.455    000

               12. Introduction to Martianus Capella 2.70¿86, 93¿104, 114¿24        000

        R. Conrad of Hirsau    000

        S. John of Garland     000

               1. Parisiana poetria 1.124¿34         000

               2. Parisiana poetria 1.394¿405 000

               3. Parisiana poetria 2.87¿123         000

        T. Nicholas Trevet     000

        U. Aeneid Commentary of Mixed Type    000

               1. Opening of Book 6   000

               2. Orpheus and Eurydice        000

               3. Golden Bough        000

        V. Cristoforo Landino  000

               1. Introduction on the Nature of Poetry       000

               2. On Allegorical Interpretation      000

               3. Dido and Aeneas     000

               4. Golden Bough 000

        W. Virgilian Obscenity         000

               1. Quintilian  000

               2. Aulus Gellius       000

               3. Ausonius    000

               4. Diomedes    000

               5. Marius Plotius Sacerdos     000

               6. Macrobius   000

               7. Servius     000

        X. Allegorical Topoi   000

               1. Evolution of Civilization   000

               2. Vita contemplativa, voluptuosa, and activa 000

               3. Development of a Human Life        000

               4. Physics and Philosophy      000

               5. Eclogues 1¿3 and the Three Natural Lives   000

V. Virgilian Legends   000

        A. Virgil the Magician 000

               1. Sortes Vergilianae  000

               2. John of Salisbury   000

               3. John of Alta Silva  000

               4. Conrad of Querfurt  000

               5. Gervase of Tilbury  000

               6. Alexander Neckam    000

               7. Wolfram von Eschenbach      000

               8. Perlesvaus  000

               9. Dante       000

               10. Johannes Gobi Junior       000

               11. Boccaccio  000

        B. Virgil and Magic Statues    000

               1. Apocalypsis Goliae  000

               2. Cino da Pistoia     000

               3. ¿On the Perfection of Life¿ 000

               4. Salvation of Rome   000

               5. Huguccio of Pisa    000

               6. ¿About a Statue at Rome¿    000

        C. Virgil in the Basket and Virgil¿s Revenge  000

               1. Guiraut de Calanson         000

               2. ¿Deeds of the Romans¿       000

               3. Juan Ruiz   000

               4. Giovanni Sercambi   000

               5. Virgilessrímur      000

               6. Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini  000

               7. Virgil and Ovid as Rivals   000

        D. Visions Involving Virgil    000

               1. Anonymous of Ferrières      000

               2. John of Salerno     000

               3. Rodulfus Glaber     000

               4. Everhelm (and Onulf)        000

               5. Hildebert of Lavardin              000

               6. Vision of Virgil in Hell    000

               7. Georgian Passion of St. Pansophios of Alexandria   000

        E. Virgil in Preaching         000

               1. Exemplum Invoking Virgil    000

               2. John of Lathbury    000

        F. Fusions of Lives and Legends       000

               1. Vincent of Beauvais         000

               2. John of Wales       000

               3. Conrad of Mure      000

               4. (Pseudo-)Walter Burley      000

        G. Alexander of Telese         000

               1. On Aeneas¿s Founding and Virgil¿s Lordship of Naples      000

               2. Address to King Roger       000

        H. L¿image du monde    000

               1. First Redaction     000

               2. Second Redaction    000

        I. Jans Enikel  000

        J. Adenet le Roi       000

        K. Oracle of the Three Letters 000

               1. Marvels of Virgil   000

               2. Historiae Carthaginensium   000

        L. Noirons li Arabis   000

        M. Renart le contrefait        000

               1. Virgil¿s Wonders and Virgil in the Basket  000

               2. Virgil¿s Revenge    000

        N. Cronaca di Partenope        000

        O. Antonio Pucci       000

        P. Jean d¿Outremeuse   000

        Q. Virgil¿s Journey to the Magnetic Mountain  000

        R. Bonamente Aliprandi         000

        S. Baena Songbook      000

               1. No. 38      000

               2. No. 226     000

               3. No. 227     000

               4. No. 533     000    

               5. No. 377     000

        T. Gutierre Díaz de Games      000

        U. Life of Virgil      000

        V. ¿An Olde Deceyte of Vergilius¿     000

List of Contributors   000

Text Credits   000

Illustrations

        1. Miniature to illustrate Aeneid 4 (Dido and Aeneas, Aeneas and Dido¿s outing, Aeneas¿s

departure, suicide of Dido)    000

        2. Miniature to illustrate Aeneid 6 (Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl, Burial of Misenus, Twin

doves reveal the golden bough, Aeneas in the underworld)     000

        3. John of Garland, Parisiana poetria, chapter 2, ¿Rota Virgilii¿    000

        4. The three columns and three styles of Virgil¿s Wheel (Latin)      000

        5. The three columns and three styles of Virgil¿s Wheel (English)    000

        6. Rota Virgilii       000

        7. Virgil¿s Wheel      000


Library of Congress SubjectHeadings for this publication:

Virgil -- Criticism andinterpretation -- History.
Latin poetry -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
Rome -- In literature.