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An introduction to the study of medieval Latin versification / Dag Norberg ; translated by Grant C. Roti & Jacqueline de La Chapelle Skubly ; edited with an introduction by Jan Ziolkowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norberg, Dag, 1909-1996.
- Standardized Title:
- Introduction à l'étude de la versification latine médiévale. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Latin poetry, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.
- Latin poetry, Medieval and modern.
- Latin language, Medieval and modern--Metrics and rhythmics.
- Latin language, Medieval and modern.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 217 pages : music ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- DESCRIPTIONAn essential aid for the complex study of Medieval Latin versification, this volume discusses Medieval Latin metrics and poetry.
- Contents:
- Prosody and accentuation
- Synaeresis, diaeresis, syncope, prosthesis, elision, and hiatus
- Assonance, rhyme, and alliteration
- Acrostics, carmina figurata, and other poetic devices
- Metrical versification
- The beginning of rhythmic versification : rhythmic versification and metrical poetry
- Rhythmic versification and music
- Sequences, tropes, motets, rondeaux.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0813213355
- 0813213363
- OCLC:
- 50096819
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