LATINENGLISH

Tria sunt. An art of poetry and prose

By Martin Camargo (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
2018012322, 9780674987531
Language
latinenglish
Format
PDF
Filesize
312 MB (327046574 bytes)
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (53)
Edition
1
Pages
544\270
Time added
2022-08-06 12:58:48
Medieval rhetoricMiddle AgesRhetorical arts

Description

The Tria sunt, named for its opening words, was a widely used and highly ambitious book composed in England in the late fourteenth century during a revival of interest in the art of poetry and prose. The backbone of this comprehensive guide to writing Latin texts is the wealth of illustrative and instructive sources compiled, including examples from classical authors such as Cicero and Horace as well as from medieval literature, and excerpts from other treatises of the same period by authors from Matthew of Vendôme through Gervase of Melkley. Topics treated at length include methods for beginning and ending a composition, techniques for expanding and abbreviating a text, varieties of figurative language, attributes of persons and actions, and the art of letter writing. This anonymous treatise, related especially closely to work by Geoffrey of Vinsauf, served as a textbook for rhetorical composition at Oxford. Of all the major Latin arts of poetry and prose, it is the only one not previously edited or translated into English. Introduction, p. vii Tria sunt, p. 1 Note on the Text, p. 427 Notes to the Text, p. 431 Notes to the Translation, p. 445 Glossary, p. 485 Bibliography, p. 501 Index, p. 509

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