1st Edition
Sedulius’ Carmen Paschale Verse Translation, Notes and Other Poems
By Patrick McBrine
Copyright 2026
302 Pages
by
Routledge
302 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers the first verse translation of Sedulius’ 5 th -century biblical epic, the Carmen paschale , a versification of the Gospels in the style of Vergil’s Aeneid , one that was well known and much admired throughout Europe for the better part of a millennium.
This fascinating poem from the 5th century, a key text on the monastic curriculum during the Middle Ages and Renaissance,... Read more
Introduction; Translation; Preface; Book One; Book Two; Book Three; Book Four; Book Five; Notes; Notes to Preface and Book One; Notes to Book Two; Notes to Book Three; Notes to Book Four; Notes to Book Five; Letters of Macedonius; Sedulius’ Two Hymns; Other Poems.
Biography
Patrick McBrine is Associate Professor of English Literature and Medieval Studies at Bishop’s University in Quebec, Canada. He is also the author of Biblical Epics in Late Antiquity and Anglo-Saxon England (2017).
