Aurelius Prudentius Clemens

This is a collection of poems by Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, a Christian author and poet who lived in the late 4th and early 5th centuries AD. A major literary figure in late antiquity, Prudentius wrote on a wide range of topics, including faith, morality, and history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Aurelii Prudentii Clementis Carmina

Die Werke des christlichen Dichters Prudentius (349 bis nach 405) erfreuten sich im Mittelalter sehr großer Beliebtheit. Das zeigt ihre Überlieferung in über 300 Handschriften des 6. bis 15. Jahrhunderts, von denen die Bayerische Staatsbibliothek und die Bibliothèque nationale de France die größte Anzahl besitzen. Der Codex Clm 14395 befand sich nach Ausweis des ersten Bibliotheksverzeichnisses bereits vor 993 in der Bibliothek von St. Emmeram. Er enthält das Gesamtwerk des Prudentius. Die Handschrift ist in karolingischer Minuskel von mehreren ähnlichen Händen geschrieben. Man findet elf drei- bis zwölfzeilige Initialen mit Tiermotiven in ziegelroter Federzeichnung. Sie sind von einheitlichem Stil, wurden aber von zwei Künstlern geschaffen. // Autor: Claudia Fabian // Datum: 2016

Prudentii carmina - BSB Clm 14395

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Psychomachia

Prudentius

H. J. Thomson

Prudentius (born 348 CE) used allegory and classical Latin verse forms in the service of Christianity. His works include the Psychomachia, an allegorical description of the struggle between (Christian) virtues and (pagan) vices; lyric poetry; and--a valuable source on Christian iconography--poetic inscriptions for biblical scenes on the walls of a church. Prudentius (Aurelius Prudentius Clemens) was born in 348 CE probably at Caesaraugusta (Saragossa) and lived mostly in northeastern Spain, but visited Rome between 400 and 405. His parents, presumably Christian, had him educated in literature and rhetoric. He became a barrister and at least once later on an administrator; he afterwards received some high honour from Emperor Theodosius. Prudentius was a strong Christian who admired the old pagan literature and art, especially the great Latin poets whose forms he used. He looked on the Roman achievement in history as a preparation for the coming of Christ and the triumph of a spiritual empire. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the poems of Prudentius is in two volumes. Volume I presents: Preface (Praefatio); The Daily Round (Liber Cathemerinon); 12 literary and attractive hymns, parts of which have been included in the Breviary and in modern hymnals; The Divinity of Christ (Apotheosis), which maintains the Trinity and attacks those who denied the distinct personal being of Christ; The Origin of Sin (Hamartigenia) attacking the separation of the "strict" God of the Old Testament from the "good" God revealed by Christ; Fight for Mansoul (Psychomachia), which describes the struggle between (Christian) Virtues and (Pagan) Vices; and the first book of Against the Address of Symmachus (Contra Orationem Symmachi), in which pagan gods are assailed. The second volume contains the second book of Against the Address of Symmachus, opposing a petition for the replacement of an altar and statue of Victory; Crowns of Martyrdom (Peristephanon Liber), 14 hymns to martyrs mostly of Spain; Lines To Be Inscribed under Scenes from History (Tituli Historiarum), 49 four-line stanzas which are inscriptions for scenes from the Bible depicted on the walls of a church; and an Epilogue.

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Aurelii Prudentii Clementis, V.C. Opera

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