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  3. Venantius Fortunatus: Vita Sancti MartiniPrologue and Books I–II
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      04 February 2020
      13 February 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108654258
      9781108425841
      9781108444293
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108654258
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.89kg, 584 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.721kg, 590 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Religion, Church History
      Collection:
      Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
      Series:
      Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries (59)
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    Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Religion, Church History
    Collection:
    Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
    Series:
    Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries (59)
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    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.

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    'Nigel M. Kay’s edition, with its elegant but faithful translation and helpful … opens this enjoyable text to a wider readership and will be a useful tool for generations of scholars to come … Kay’s text, translation and commentary is a masterpiece of philological craftmanship.'

    Enno Friedrich Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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