The Prologue to Avitus' ‘De spiritalis historiae gestis’: Christian Poetry and Poetic License

In the dedicatory letter to the De spiritalis historiae gestis, addressed to his brother Apollinaris, bishop of Valence, Avitus of Vienne discusses the peculiar problems raised by Christian poetry (201.16–202.15 Peiper). The implications of this passage have not, I believe, been fully grasped. Let m...

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Main Author: Roberts, Michael (Author)
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Published: Cambridge University Press 1980
In: Traditio
Year: 1980, Volume: 36, Pages: 399-407
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