An Introduction to the Study of Medieval Latin VersificationDag Norberg's analysis and interpretation of Medieval Latin versification, which was published in French in 1958 and remains the standard work on the subject, appears here for the first time in English with a detailed, scholarly introduction by Jan Ziolkowski that reviews the developments of the past fifty years. |
Contents
1 Prosody and Accentuation | 1 |
2 Synaeresis Diaeresis Syncope Prosthesis Elision and Hiatus | 23 |
3 Assonance Rhyme and Alliteration | 31 |
4 Acrostics Carmina Figurata and Other Poetic Devices | 48 |
5 Metrical Versification | 58 |
Rhythmic Versification and Metrical Poetry | 81 |
7 Rhythmic Versification and Music | 130 |
8 Sequences Tropes Motets Rondeaux | 156 |
Glossary of Terms | 187 |
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Rhythmic Strophes | 216 |
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Common terms and phrases
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