WEAVING WITH WORDS: VENANTIUS FORTUNATUS'S FIGURATIVE ACROSTICS ON THE HOLY CROSS

Within the collected works of Venantius Fortunatus, the sixth-century Latin poet who wrote verse for kings, royal officials, bishops, and nuns in Frankish Gaul, there are found three acrostic poems. One, on the themes of captivity and release (5.6) is accompanied by a prose letter (5.6a) in which th...

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Main Author: Brennan, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
In: Traditio
Year: 2019, Volume: 74, Pages: 27-53
Further subjects:B Venantius Fortunatus
B Holy Cross
B textile design
B Radegund
B visual poetry
B acrostic
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