ISBN : 9780199297399
Walter of Chatillon was one of the leading Medieval Latin poets, who flourished at the high point of Medieval Latin literature - the later twelfth century. This volume presents the Latin text and facing English translation of Walter's shorter poems, including love poems, satires, and (largely Christmas) hymns. His satirical poems, often written in Goliardic hexameters, of which he was an accomplished master, are fine examples of the form. The allusiveness of his hymns makes them often notoriously difficult, but they provide a fascinating insight into the mindset of the clergy of the time and the prevalence of allegorical interpretation of the Bible. This volume provides an outline of the author's life, and adds a further fifteen poems to the previously accepted canon of fifty-two poems which appear in earlier editions of Walter of Chatillon's poetry. The introduction discusses the attribution of the additional poems, Walter's use of rhythmical and metrical verse in these poems, the relevant
INTRODUCTION
I. THE AUTHOR
II. THE POEMS IN THIS COLLECTION
The St Omer collection
Strecker's moral-satirical collection
Wilmart's attributions
Arundel collection
Other attributions
Arrangement of the poems
III. METRE
IV. MANUSCRIPTS
V. RECURRING THEMES
Feast of Fools
Auaritia and largitas
VI. ON TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS
VII. INTRODUCTORY NOTES TO INDIVIDUAL POEMS
LIST OF SIGLA
TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS
1: The St Omer Collection: poems 1-33
2: Poems from various sources: poems 34-67
APPENDICES
1: A and B (two medleys)
2: Textual Notes
CONCORDANCES