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Architrenius
- Title
- Architrenius / Johannes de Hauvilla ; translated by Winthrop Wetherbee.
- Author
- Johannes, de Hauvilla, active 12th century
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Wetherbee, Winthrop, 1938-
- Description
- xxvi, 541 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Architrenius, a satirical allegory in dactylic hexameters completed in 1184 by the Norman poet Johannes de Hauvilla, follows the journey of its eponymous protagonist, the "arch-weeper," who stands in for an emerging class of educated professionals tempted by money and social standing. Architrenius's quest for moral instruction leads through vivid tableaux of the vices of school, court, and church, from the House of Gluttony to the Palace of Ambition to the Mount of Presumption. Despite the allegorical nature of Architrenius, its focus is not primarily religious. Johannes de Hauvilla, who taught at an important cathedral school, probably Rouen, uses his stylistic virtuosity and the many resources of Latin poetry to condemn a secular world where wealth and preferment were all-consuming. His highly topical satire anticipates the comic visions of Jean de Meun, Boccaccio, and Chaucer. This edition of Architrenius brings together the most authoritative Latin text with a new English translation of an important medieval poem."--
- Series Statement
- Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; DOML 55
- Uniform Title
- Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 55.
- Subject
- Note
- This is Winthrop Wetherbee's second translation of the Architrenius; an earlier translation was published by Cambridge University Press, 1994, as volume 3 in the series Cambridge medieval classics.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages ; introduction and notes in English.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-3411
- ISBN
- 9780674988156
- 0674988159
- LCCN
- 2018040034
- OCLC
- 1059253704
- Author
- Johannes, de Hauvilla, active 12th century, author.
- Title
- Architrenius / Johannes de Hauvilla ; translated by Winthrop Wetherbee.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; DOML 55Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 55.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language
- Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages ; introduction and notes in English.
- Added Author
- Wetherbee, Winthrop, 1938- translator.Container of (expression): Johannes, de Hauvilla, active 12th century. Architrenius.Container of (expression): Johannes, de Hauvilla, active 12th century. Architrenius. English (Wetherbee). 2019.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-3411