Medieval Latin

by Harrington, K. P.

• ISBN13: 9780226317137
• ISBN10: 0226317137
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-10
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

K. P. Harrington'sMediaeval Latin, the standard medieval Latin anthology used in the United States since its initial publication in 1925, has now been completely revised and updated for today's students and teachers by Joseph Pucci. This new edition of the classic anthology retains its breadth of coverage, but increases its depth by adding fourteen new selections, doubling the coverage of women writers, and expanding a quarter of the original selections. The new edition also includes a substantive grammatical introduction by Alison Goddard Elliott. To help place the selections within their wider historical, social, and political contexts, Pucci has written extensive introductory essays for each of the new edition's five parts. Headnotes to individual selections have been recast as interpretive essays, and the original bibliographic paragraphs have been expanded. Reprinted from the best modern editions, the selections have been extensively glossed with grammatical notes geared toward students of classical Latin who may be reading medieval Latin for the first time. Includes thirty-two full-page plates (with accompanying captions) depicting medieval manuscript and book production.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xv	(2)
Preface to the Second Edition	xvii	(4)
Joseph Pucci
Acknowledgments	xxi
A Brief Introduction to Medieval Latin Grammar	1	(52)
Alison Goddard Elliott
Abbreviations	53	(12)
PART ONE, 350-450 THE FORMATION OF LATE LATIN	65	(58)
Introduction	65	(7)
EGERIA
The Journey	72	(6)
A Pilgrimage to Mt. Sinai	75	(3)
SULPICIUS SEVERUS
The Life of Saint Martin	78	(5)
Saint Martin and the Pine Tree	81	(2)
AUSONIUS
About Bissula; Crucified Cupid	83	(11)
About Bissula	85	(3)
Crucified Cupid	88	(6)
PAULINUS OF NOLA
The Poems	94	(7)
Why Do You Order the Deposed Muses to Return?	97	(4)
PRUDENTIUS
Preface to the Collected Works; Hymn at the Song of the Rooster	101	(10)
Preface to the Collected Works	104	(2)
Hymn at the Song of the Rooster	106	(5)
PROBA
The Cento	111	(12)
The Scene of Temptation in Eden	113	(10)
PART TWO, 450-750 THE RISE OF LATE LATIN	123	(70)
Introduction	123	(4)
JORDANES
The History of the Goths	127	(11)
Attila, King of the Huns	130	(1)
Attila Is Halted by Pope Leo in Italy	131	(3)
The Death of Attila	134	(4)
BOETHIUS
The Consolation of Philosophy	138	(5)
Philosophy Talks to Boethius	140	(1)
Metron 1.7	141	(2)
AVITUS
A Poem on the Events of Mosaic History	143	(6)
Paradise	145	(1)
The Jealousy of the Serpent	146	(3)
GREGORY OF TOURS
The Histories	149	(9)
Gregory Explains Why He Writes History	151	(1)
Gregory Confesses His Faith and Deplores His Ignorance	152	(1)
The Founding of Lyons	153	(1)
Attila the Hun in Gaul	153	(2)
Clovis Defeats the Alamanni and Accepts Christianity	155	(3)
VENANTIUS FORTUNATUS
The Poems	158	(11)
To Radegund in Retreat	159	(1)
To Radegund: On Violets	160	(1)
To Radegund at Lent	161	(1)
To Radegund on Her Return	161	(1)
To Absent Agnes	162	(1)
On the Poet's Love for Agnes	163	(1)
A Poem to Absent Friends	164	(1)
To Gogo of Metz	164	(1)
To Radegund: On Flowers	165	(1)
The Poet Sends Chestnuts	165	(1)
Vexilla regis prodeunt	166	(1)
Pange, lingua, gloriosi	167	(2)
GREGORY I
Letters	169	(5)
A Letter to Empress Constantina Augusta of Byzantium on Relics	170	(4)
ISIDORE OF SEVILLE
The Etymologies	174	(5)
Night	175	(2)
Glass	177	(2)
BEDE
Ecclesiastical History of the English People	179	(14)
The Martyrdom of Saint Alban	181	(12)
PART THREE, 750-900 FROM LATE TO MEDIEVAL LATIN	193	(100)
Introduction	193	(4)
PAUL THE DEACON
The History of the Lombards; The Poems	197	(20)
The Seven Sleepers	198	(1)
The Maelstrom	199	(2)
Alboin, the Huns, and the Gepidae (c. 567)	201	(1)
How the Lombards Came To Italy	202	(2)
A Fatal Jest	204	(1)
Emperor Tiberius Constantinus and the Treasure of Narses	205	(1)
A Royal Wooing	206	(2)
A Remarkable Tale	208	(1)
Paul's Genealogy	209	(2)
The Como Poem	211	(1)
The Cloistered Life	212	(1)
Paul Responds to Peter of Pisa	213	(3)
An Epitaph for the Tomb of Fortunatus	216	(1)
ALCUIN
Poems and Letters	217	(15)
Poem to Corydon	219	(1)
Dafnis and Menalcas Mourn the Cuckoo	220	(2)
Poem to the Student at York	222	(1)
The Conflict of Winter and Spring	223	(2)
The Cell Poem	225	(2)
Alcuin to King Aethelred	227	(5)
THEODULF
The Books I Used To Read; Why I Don't Write Poetry	232	(6)
The Books I Used to Read	233	(3)
Why I Don't Write Poetry	236	(2)
EINHARD
The Life of Charlemagne	238	(9)
The Saxons	240	(1)
How the King Brought Up His Children	241	(2)
Charlemagne's Physique, Exercising, Bathing	243	(1)
His Habits in Daily Life	244	(1)
His Studies and Educational Ambitions	245	(1)
His Devotion to the Church	246	(1)
ERMOLDUS NIGELLUS
In Honor of Louis the Pious	247	(9)
The Siege of Barcelona	249	(7)
HRABANUS MAURUS
Poems	256	(4)
A Prayer	257	(1)
To A Friend	258	(1)
To Samuel	258	(2)
WALAHFRID STRABO
On Horticulture	260	(4)
The Persistence of the Gardener	261	(1)
Lilies	262	(2)
JOHN SCOTTUS ERIUGENA
On the Division of Nature	264	(7)
On the Division of Nature	266	(1)
An Elusive Category	267	(4)
DHUODA
Manual for My Son	271	(9)
An Opening Acrostic	273	(3)
The Prologue to the Manual	276	(1)
The Preface to the Manual	277	(1)
On Loving God	278	(2)
SEDULIUS SCOTTUS
On Christian Leadership; To Bishop Hartgar; To Bishop Franco	280	(13)
How to Be a Just Judge	281	(1)
To Bishop Hartgar	282	(2)
On the Coming of Bishop Franco	284	(9)
PART FOUR, 900-1100 THE RISE OF MEDIEVAL LATIN	293	(134)
Introduction	293	(7)
NOTKER BALBULUS
Sequence for Saint Laurence; Martyrology for Saint Laurence	300	(10)
A Sequence for Saint Laurence	302	(2)
The Story of the Martyrdom of Saint Laurence	304	(6)
GERALD
The Poem on Walter	310	(9)
Walter and Hildegund Come to An Understanding	312	(3)
Attila Discovers the Flight of the Hostages	315	(1)
Walter Defeats His Opponents	316	(1)
The Battle Continues	317	(2)
LIUTPRAND OF CREMONA
Antapodosis; Mission to Constantinople	319	(20)
A Joking Emperor and a Shrewd Soldier	321	(3)
The Death of Conrad I	324	(1)
The Assassination of King Berengarius I	325	(2)
Emperor Romanus I and the Palace at Constantinople	327	(1)
Liutprand Is Received in Constantinople as an Envoy of Berengar II	328	(1)
Liutprand's Reception in Constantinople	329	(4)
Shoddy Imperialism	333	(2)
Some Prophecies and Their Interpretations	335	(2)
Liutprand's Farewell to Constantinople	337	(2)
WIDUKIND OF CORVEY
The History of the Saxons	339	(4)
A Brave Saxon Leads His Countrymen to Victory	340	(1)
Shrewd Methods of Petty Warfare	341	(1)
A Fire Test Convinces the Danes	342	(1)
RICHER OF ST. REMY
The History of France	343	(9)
Verdun in the Tenth Century	344	(2)
A Hard Journey in Pursuit of Learning	346	(6)
HROTSVITA OF GANDERSHEIM
Dulcitius	352	(14)
Dulcitius	354	(12)
MEDIEVAL LATIN RELIGIOUS DRAMA
A Mystery Play on the Resurrection; A Miracle Play on Saint Nicholas	366	(11)
A Mystery Play on the Resurrection	368	(5)
A Miracle Play on Saint Nicholas	373	(4)
EKKEHARD IV OF ST. GALL
The History of St. Gall	377	(14)
Three Friends and a Telltale	379	(4)
Notker's Encounter With the Devil	383	(2)
Heribald and the Hungarian Invasion	385	(4)
The Duchess Hadwig at Her Morning Lesson with Ekkehard	389	(2)
ADAM OF BREMEN
A Description of the Islands of the North	391	(7)
The Norsemen Discover America	393	(5)
THE CAMBRIDGE SONGS	398	(16)
Carmen 10: The Nightingale	400	(2)
Carmen 11: The Otto Melody	402	(2)
Carmen 15: A Clever Liar	404	(1)
Carmen 17: Lament for the Death of Henry II (1024 C.E.)	405	(2)
Carmen 23: A Song for Summer	407	(1)
Carmen 24: The Bishop and the Braggart	408	(1)
Carmen 35: The Priest and the Wolf	409	(1)
Carmen 42: The Lazy Abbot	410	(4)
PETER DAMIAN
Poem on the Joy of Paradise	414	(13)
The Joy of Paradise	416	(11)
PART FIVE, 1100-1350 VARIETIES OF MEDIEVAL LATIN	427	(244)
Introduction	427	(5)
SAINT ANSELM
The Prayer to the Virgin Mary	432	(5)
To Mary, When the Mind Is Troubled by Fear	434	(3)
GREGORY VII
A Letter to Emperor Henry IV	437	(9)
A Letter to Emperor Henry IV: 8 January 1076	439	(7)
THE ALEXANDER ROMANCES	446	(14)
Selections from the Life of Alexander the Great	448	(7)
Alexander in India	455	(5)
RAYMOND OF AGUILERS
The History of the Franks Who Captured Jerusalem	460	(13)
The Discovery of the Holy Spear	462	(7)
The Virtue of the Holy Spear	469	(4)
WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY
The Deeds of the Kings of England	473	(5)
The Magnanimity of William Rufus	474	(1)
Other Examples of the King's Magnanimity	474	(4)
FULCHER OF CHARTRES
A History of the Expedition to Jerusalem	478	(11)
The Crusaders Capture Jerusalem	480	(9)
PETER ABELARD
The History of My Misfortunes; Hymn for Vespers; Lament of Dinah	489	(15)
The History of My Misfortunes	492	(7)
Hymn for Vespers on the Sabbath	499	(1)
Lament of Dinah	500	(4)
HELOISE
Letter to Abelard	504	(10)
Letter to Abelard	506	(8)
GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH
The History of the Kings of Britain	514	(7)
The Beginning of "Waesseil" in England	517	(1)
The Coronation of King Arthur	518	(2)
The Coronation Games and Sports	520	(1)
ADAM OF ST. VICTOR
Sequences on Christ	521	(7)
Sequence on the Resurrection of the Lord	523	(2)
Sequence on the Ascension of the Lord	525	(3)
NIVARDUS
Ysengrimus	528	(10)
Reynard Takes Ysengrimus Fishing	530	(8)
BERNARDUS SILVESTRIS
The Cosmography	538	(6)
An Aspect of the Cosmos	540	(2)
An Aspect of Creation	542	(2)
BERNARD OF MORLAS
The Contempt of the World	544	(10)
This Fleeting World, The Judgment, Heaven, Hell, Warnings, and Exhorations	545	(9)
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX
The Steps of Humility: Advice to Pope Eugenius	554	(12)
The Steps of Humility: The Rapture of Saint Paul	556	(2)
Advice to Pope Eugenius	558	(8)
THE ARCHPOET
Confession	566	(6)
A Goliardic Confession	568	(4)
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN
Know the Way; The Symphony of Harmony of Celestial Revelations	572	(14)
Carmen 2	575	(1)
Carmen 3	575	(1)
Carmen 4	575	(1)
Carmen 5	576	(1)
Carmen 7	576	(1)
Carmen 10	576	(1)
Carmen 11	577	(1)
Carmen 12	577	(1)
Carmen 17	577	(1)
Carmen 19	578	(1)
Carmen 21	579	(1)
Carmen 23	580	(1)
Carmen 64	581	(2)
The Seventh Vision of the Second Part	583	(3)
THE SONGS OF BEUERN	586	(16)
Carmen 17	590	(1)
Carmen 24	591	(1)
Carmen 51a	591	(1)
Carmen 62	592	(2)
Carmen 72	594	(2)
Carmen 118	596	(1)
Carmen 130	597	(1)
Carmen 174	598	(1)
Carmen 186	598	(4)
ALAN OF LILLE
The Lament of Nature; Against Claudian	602	(12)
The Lament of Nature	604	(3)
Against Claudian	607	(7)
NIGEL WHITEACRE
The Mirror of Fools	614	(7)
Burnellus Arrives in Paris and Joins the University	616	(2)
Burnellus Bemoans His Inability to Learn	618	(3)
JOHN OF HAUVILLE
The Arch Weeper	621	(11)
The Power of Nature	623	(1)
A Description of the Girl	624	(1)
The Wretched Life of the Scholar	625	(2)
The Mount of Ambition	627	(1)
Plato's Oration on Envy	628	(1)
Boethius' Oration on the Harshness of Rulers	629	(1)
Nature's Speech on the Universe	630	(2)
WALTER OF CHATILLON
The Alexandreis	632	(5)
The Alexandreis	633	(4)
WALTER MAP
The Courtiers' Trifles	637	(7)
A Faithful Knight Templar	639	(1)
Royal Ways and Royal Sayings	639	(5)
MATTHEW PARIS
The Major Chronicle	644	(8)
A Riot at Oxford	646	(3)
The Aftermath of the Riot	649	(1)
The King Speaks Harshly to Leicester	650	(2)
SAINT BONAVENTURE
Commentary on the Gospel of Luke; The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi	652	(10)
Commentary on Luke 19.28	655	(1)
The Life of Saint Francis	656	(6)
ROGER BACON
The Greater Work	662	(9)
The Four Grounds of Error	664	(1)
The Importance of Language Study	665	(6)
Index	671