Title: Questions of Love and Authorship in Parisinus Latinus 7972: A Previously Unedited Poem and Its Relationship with the <i>De Ermafrodito</i>
Abstract: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 7972 (saec. X, France?) is a well attested witness to the works of Horace. After the scribe finished writing the Carmen saeculare on fol. 85r, three and a half leaves remained before the start of the Epistles, which coincided with the beginning of the next gathering. These pages contain a number of poems, the last of which is a rhythmical love poem that has remained unmentioned in scholarship. On fol. 106r, the first lines of the De ermafrodito, which has been attributed to Hildebertus Cenomanensis (1056-1133), appear in the same hand. This article presents the first edition of the anonymous poem, along with a translation and justification of my interpretation of its meaning. It also explores the ramifications of this early witness to the opening of the De ermafrodito.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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