Great question, David, and as an art historian I haven't the least idea of how to answer it! I do have a second part to it. Who decides or how does one decide whether to use Virgil or Vergil? Is it an American v English question? In Italian he is always "Virgilio" I don't recall ever seeing "Vergilio" even though in the 15th c. Poliziano proved that the correct spelling is "Vergilius" not "Virgilius". Thoughts on "i" v "e" would also be most appreciated.
Emma Guest-Consales PhD Candidate, art history, Rutgers University Virgil's Bucolic Poetry in Italian Renaissance Art -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Wilson-Okamura Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: VIRGIL: naming conventions This should be an easy question, but it is one that I don't know the answer to, and as it has been a quiet summer on the Virgil list, I hope no one will mind. When, and why, did we stop calling Virgil by his cognomen, Maro? (Extra points for anyone who can explain why "Tully," a gentilicium or family-name, is often preferred to "Cicero" in the Renaissance.) One note for new subscribers: not everything we talk about on the Virgil list is this obscure. If you'd like to talk about something more literary, don't hesitate to start a new thread, either by posing a question or making an observation. Do change the subject header, though: there are over 700 subscribers on this mailing list, and I can pretty much guarantee you that a lot of them are going to delete anything labeled "naming conventions" on sight without reading any further. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- David Wilson-Okamura http://virgil.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] East Carolina University Virgil reception, discussion, documents, &c ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
