Publication

1550 - Io. Mvtivs et Bernardinvs Locheta impr., Cremonae, Italy

Language

Latin

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPA8585 .V6 1550

Alternate Titles

  • Marci Hierononymi Vidae cremonensis Albae episcopi Poemata omnia ...
  • Poemata omnia

Description

Complete poetical works of Marco Girolamo Vida of Cremona, bishop of Alba, including his Christias, an epic in Virgilian manner ion the life and passion of Christ, which he wrote as a Christian counterpart to the aeneid at the request of Pope Leo X. ‡b Also included are the didactic poems De bombyce on the silkworm, and Scacchia, the game of chess.

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