Richard Rolle's Melody of love : a study and translation with manuscript and musical contexts / Andrew Albin.
"Richard Rolle's Melos amoris has been considered overwrought and juvenile, and has been largely ignored. Yet it playfully employs scriptural exegesis, passionate utterance, and an alliterative and rhythmic prose style that marks it as Rolle's crowning literary achievement. The Englis...
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| Other title: | Melody of love. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada :
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies,
[2018]
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| Series: | Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ;
212. |
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| Summary: | "Richard Rolle's Melos amoris has been considered overwrought and juvenile, and has been largely ignored. Yet it playfully employs scriptural exegesis, passionate utterance, and an alliterative and rhythmic prose style that marks it as Rolle's crowning literary achievement. The English translation of the Melos amoris presented in this volume prioritizes style over fidelity in order to give readers a sense of the rhythmic play so important to the work. The translation is accompanied by an extensive study, as well as by appendices containing a critical edition and translation of a spurious chapter, transcription and translation of narrative glosses, and scores of polyphonic music associated with one manuscript of the Melos."-- |
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| Item Description: | The translation is based on the Latin edition prepared by E.J. Arnould, published in 1957 under the title: The Melos amoris. |
| Physical Description: | xix, 467 pages : music ; 24 cm. Issued also in electronic format. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-438) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780888442123 0888442122 |