Homo opus temporis. Die Ewigkeit und Zeit nach der Cosmographia des Bernard Silvestris

2004 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 281-298
Author(s):  
Lenka Karfíková
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2021 ◽  
pp. 123-156
Author(s):  
Justin A. Haynes

Evidence drawn from Bernard Silvestris, Servius, and others shows that myth (fabula), specifically in the form of the divine apparatus, was believed to be an essential component of the Aeneid in the twelfth century. Yet, most medieval Latin epics did not have a divine apparatus, so the allegiance of the Ylias and Alexandreis to the Aeneid stands out even more starkly by comparison. What is more, evidence is presented that the divine apparatus of the Alexandreis and Ylias function in a similar way to the twelfth-century interpretation of the Virgilian divine apparatus—through allegory as personification. The chapter closes with an argument that the Ylias and Alexandreis, when read in their twelfth-century context, are more closely aligned with Virgil than Lucan. This conclusion contradicts the current scholarly consensus.


Florilegium ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 59-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Herren
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2021 ◽  
pp. 71-92
Author(s):  
Justin A. Haynes

This chapter relies again on Servius, Fulgentius, and Bernard Silvestris to demonstrate how John of Hauville’s Architrenius reflects an allegorical reading of the Aeneid. Unlike the Anticlaudianus, which refers to all of the episodes of the allegorical Aeneid, the Architrenius focuses on the allegory of the sixth book of Virgil’s Aeneid. Once the relationship between these plot structures is understood, the plot of the Architrenius, previously described by other scholars as chaotic, comes into sharper focus. The distinction in emphasis between the Anticlaudianus and the Architrenius also becomes clearer. The Anticlaudianus focuses on the allegorical ascent; the Architrenius, the descent. In Dantean terms, the Anticlaudianus is more concerned with paradiso, while the Architrenius gives more weight to inferno.


Viator ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 201-206
Author(s):  
David Thompson
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