Beschrijving

Titel: Convoluut met meerdere werken van Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Carminum, Epodon, Carmen Saeculare, Epistolarum, Ars Poetica, et Sermonem), gevolgd door de Satyrae van Junius Juvenalis en Persius Flaccus.

Schrijver: Flaccus, Quintus Horatius; Juvenalis, Junius en Persius Flaccus. Uitgever: Antonius Gryphium te Lyon, 1574; Antonius Gryphium te Lyon, 1567.

Taal: Latin.

Bijzonderheden: Met drie drukkersmerken in houtsnede.

Extra informatie: 12 x 8 x 3,5 cm. 303+58+192 pp. In contemporaine leren band met 5 ribben. Compleet. Blz 15/16 deels beschadigd met licht tekstverlies. Originele schutbladen ontbreken. Schaarse uitgave. Meerdere aantekeningen met pen in gehele werk, waaronder doorhalingen van “onwelvoeglijke” passages.
Over de satyrae: “In accord with the manner of Lucilius-the originator of the genre of Roman satire-and within a poetic tradition that also included Horace and Persius, Juvenal wrote at least 16 poems in dactylic hexameter covering an encyclopedic range of topics across the Roman world. While the “Satires” are a vital source for the study of ancient Rome from a vast number of perspectives, their hyperbolic, comedic mode of expression makes the use of statements found within them as simple fact problematic. At first glance the “Satires” could be read as a critique of pagan Rome, perhaps ensuring their survival in Christian monastic scriptoria, a bottleneck in preservation when the large majority of ancient texts were lost.”.