The paper looks at the final verses (238-241) of Paulinus of Nola’s Epithalamium, a curious sequence of four pentameters, and proposes restoring the regular structure of the text in elegiac couplets: v. 239 could be considered as an alternative to v. 238 (either by the poet or an erudite interpolator) and vv. 240-241 as a rhythmic-metrical subscriptio in which the poet addresses bishop Memor, the father of the newlyweds
Quattro pentametri per un finale: sui versi 238-241 dell'Epithalamium di Paolino di Nola
Fabrizio Bordone
2025-01-01
Abstract
The paper looks at the final verses (238-241) of Paulinus of Nola’s Epithalamium, a curious sequence of four pentameters, and proposes restoring the regular structure of the text in elegiac couplets: v. 239 could be considered as an alternative to v. 238 (either by the poet or an erudite interpolator) and vv. 240-241 as a rhythmic-metrical subscriptio in which the poet addresses bishop Memor, the father of the newlywedsFile in questo prodotto:
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