Source: Textual EditionAldhelm.EpArcic
Source Information
| Author |
Aldhelm |
| Source Title |
Letter to Arcicius on the Number Seven, Latin Metrics and Enigmata |
| Language |
Latin |
|
Notes
*The work takes the form of a letter containing the following:
1. exordium to 'Acircius' (@Ehwald 1919, p. 61);
2. essay on the number 7 in biblical typology (@Ehwald 1919, pp. 61-75, Chaps 1-6)
3. a treatise of Latin metrics in the form of a dialogue between a master and his pupil (mainly on the composition of hexameters) (@Ehwald 1919, pp. 75-96, Chaps. 6-10 and pp. 150-201, Chaps. 112-41);
4. a collection of one hundred Enigmata, ostensibly to illustrate the metrical principles enunciated, and inserted in the middle of the previous treatise (@Ehwald 1919, pp. 97-149);
5. an epilogue (@Ehwald 1919, pp. 201-4, Chap. 142).
Edition(s)
|
Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
 |
Ehwald, Rudolfus (Rudolf) |
Aldhelmus de metris et enigmatibus ac pedum regulis |
Berlin
|
1919 |
59-204 |
|
Translation(s)
|
Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
|
Lapidge, Michael, and Herren, Michael |
Aldhelm: The Prose Works
|
Ipswich, Cambridge, and Totowa, NJ
|
1979 |
34-45 [translation by Michael Herren of |
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