> > >I had never heard the suggestion that Virgil's work had > a significant > > >influence on the works of medieval and renaissance writers. > > > > >Could you please inform me of some references that would > confirm this > > >postulate?
In addition to Professor Bognini's suggestions, the following posted by Peter Kardon on the Arthurnet list yesterday may be of interest. It relates to the Classical influences on Chretien de Troyes: "Books exist about the renaissance of the 12th century, also called the aetas Ovidiana. See Scribes and scholars : a guide to the transmission of Greek and Latin literature by L. D. Reynolds or The Classical Heritage and Its Beneficiaries: From the Carolingian Age to the End of the Renaissance by R. R. Bolgar, or many others. A typical twelfth-century cleric (like Chretien) would have learned his Latin (to be able to read the Bible and the Church Fathers) from the libri Catoniani; among the standards in this set were the Disticha Catonis, Avianus' Fables, Theodulus' Eclogues, Maximianus' Elegies, and Statius'Achilleid, but the list varied. He (or she) could also have begun his studies of the seven liberal arts with Martianus Capella's allegorical compendium of expositions of the artes, the De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii. And he could also have learned, and perhaps memorized, much of Virgil and Ovid, and studied Cicero and Seneca, Boethius and Macrobius, Dares and Dictys, and most other Latin authors (Classical Latin texts were copied extensively in the Carolingian renaissance, and only a few Classical Latin authors, like Tacitus, resurfaced solely in the Renaissance). An extraordinarily learned 12th-century cleric like John of Salisbury knew even the likes of Petronius. Many of the Latin auctores were excerpted in florilegia, but most were also available in full. L.D. Reynolds tracks what was available when (insofar as our evidence shows): see his Texts and transmission : a survey of the Latin classics. Chretien was probably not an unusually learned fellow, but he appears to have known the big chestnuts." Patrick Roper > > Dear Manzer, > about Virgil's significant and large influence on medieval > and renaissance > writers > you may also consider the entry 'Virgilius, Publius Maro' > in the part > 'Fortleben' of the > 'Medioevo latino. A bibliographical bulletin of European > culture from > Boethius to Erasmus (VI to XV century)', > that is published every year by Sismel-Edizioni del > Galluzzo in Florence, > Italy; > two important monographs about this subject are: > D.Comparetti, Virgilio nel Medioevo (I-II), Florence 1941; > V.Zabughin, Vergilio nel Rinascimento italiano da Dante a > Torquato Tasso > (I-II), Bologna 1921. > I don't know whether this books have been translated in > english or not, but > I think so. > You have to think that Virgil preserved manuscripts between > V and XV century > are more than 1000, by far more numerous > than all other classical authors mss. in the same period. > With kind regards > FBognini [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------- > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation > marks). You > can also unsubscribe at > http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
