Name: Tiaudelet: Theodolus in Medieval France
SKU: 60299187
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Author: Hunt, Tony
ISBN: 9782503580951

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portada Tiaudelet: Theodolus in Medieval France

Type

Physical Book

Author

Tony Hunt

Publisher

Brepols Publishers

Pages

444

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.1x15.5x2.3 cm

Weight

0.79 kg.

ISBN13

9782503580951

Synopsis "Tiaudelet: Theodolus in Medieval France"

The Medieval French text (9400 lines) known as Tiaudelet is here edited for the first time. It is a lively debate poem which translates Theodolus's Ecloga and adds a lengthy commentary to each stanza. It was last investigated in 1915 when A. Parducci published five modest extracts. It is found in a manuscript which represents a sort of vernacular 'Liber Catonianus', offering classical texts which formed the basis of the educational curriculum in the arts in French translation. It debates the value of two traditions: the classical and biblical, with the educational aim of increasing knowledge of classical and Scriptural narratives. As an appendix to the edition is provided the text of the only other French translation of Theodolus, by Jean Le Fevre, as represented by the unique copy in the National Library of Scotland, of the early print by Jan Brulelou of Bruges.