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Mediaeval
Latin
Lyrics
by
Helen
Waddell
Four
Courts
2008
Helen
Waddell's
classic
of
verse
from
Latin
has
been
inspiring
medievalists
85
years
.
The
anthologized
,
which
range
in
date
the
1st
to
the
13th
century
,
are
by
such
as
Boethius
,
Paulinus
of
Nola
,
Venantius
Fortunatus
and
Alcuin
,
as
as
anonymous
poets
from
the
Carmina
Burana
.
This
features
a
new
essay
by
John
Scattergood
the
translations'
and
their
reception
by
Waddell's
first
.