Description
| Product ID: | 9780674034082 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | The I Tatti Renaissance Library |
| Title: | Christiad |
| Authors: | Author: Marco Girolamo Vida, James Gardner |
| Page Count: | 496 |
| Subjects: | Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Marco Girolamo Vida (1485–1566), humanist and bishop, came to prominence as a Latin poet in the Rome of Leo X and Clement VII. Leo commissioned this famous epic, a retelling of the life of Christ in the style of Vergil, which was published in 1535. This translation, accompanied by extensive notes, is based on a new edition of the Latin text. |
| Imprint Name: | Harvard University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Harvard University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-05-01 |
