Early Latin Hymns. With Introd. And Notes [By] A. S. Walpole. Reprint of the edition Cambridge University Press 1922.

Walpole Arthur Sumner

ISBN 10: 1436665760 / ISBN 13: 9781436665766

Edité par Kessinger Reprints. No date., 2008

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Hardcover. Very good. Xxviii,445pp.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Early Latin Hymns. With Introd. And Notes [By] A. S. Walpole. Reprint of the edition Cambridge University Press 1922.
• Éditeur: Kessinger Reprints. No date.
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1436665760
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781436665766
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Gebraucht / Used

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Synopsis

Early Latin Hymns: With Introduction And Notes is a book written by Arthur Sumner Walpole, first published in 1922. The book is a collection of early Latin hymns, including those from the fourth to the eighth centuries. The introduction provides a brief history of the hymns and their significance in Christian worship. The notes offer insights into the language, structure, and meaning of each hymn, as well as the historical context in which they were written. The book is a valuable resource for scholars of early Christian hymnody and those interested in the development of religious music.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Présentation de l'éditeur

February 20, 1920. A few days before his death he sent me all his notes for the present book, with the request that I would prepare the book for publication and see it through the press. In some ways this was not difficult for me to do. For more than twenty years we had worked at the hymns together. A gain and again I had been allowed to go at leisure through the successive drafts of his commentary, criticizing and suggesting, so that I was fairly acquainted with his final views on almost every point of interpreta tion. A few notes of my own have been added which Mr Walpole had not seen. They are distinguished by being enclosed in square brackets. But for the most part the book represents what Mr Walpole himself had written and approved, and my editorial task has been confined to final arrangements and adjustments. Nevertheless it is a matter for great regret that Mr Walpole did not live to see the work through for himself. He was a scholar who had read deep and wide in Latin literature. He had taken immense pains over this work. In order, for instance, to judge of the authorship of the hymns attributed to St A mbrose, he had read through the whole of that authors prose works, marking every feature of his thought and every peculiarity of his diction and style. So he did with other authors. He was always learning something fresh to throw light upon the hymns. He wrote the whole series out at least half a dozen times in his clear, strong hand. So many volumes of his notes remain that the chief embarrassment has been to co ordinate them.
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