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Epytaphium dompni Guiberti abbatisElogium Guiberti abbatis
Century: 12
Circumstantial literature
Latin
Dioc. Liège
County of Namur
Duchy of Brabant
County of Namur
Duchy of Brabant
INCIPIT
Alnule, tune Thago, licet usque choruscet harenis / Precluis? Eridani maior es amne senis ...
EXPLICIT
... Te Guibertus ad hoc ut sis, Guiberte, levamen / Mite suis, misit. Vive saluber! Amen.
Sex: M- Bio: -Status author (order, function): Benedictine Monks (OSB)
Sex: M- Bio: Latin poet from Exeter attested in the late twelfth century, nephew of archbishop Baldwin of Exeter (ep. 1185-1190) whom he accompanied in 1189-1190 during the third crusade. Joseph was the author of De bello Troiano, a fragmentary preserverd poem Antiocheis, a poem on virginity (Metra de virginitate), a poem about St Martin of Tours and possibly other works that are not preserved. He was active as a master at Reims c. 1188/89.-Status author (order, function):
EDITING
Location:The abbey of Gembloux? - Date:Shortly after 1194? - Commission: /
SIZE
50 lines (ed. Derolez)
CONTEXT
In 1194 Guibert, a monk of Gembloux and currently abbot of Florennes, was elected abbot of Gembloux. The author of this laudatory poem is either a monk from Gembloux, or according to Derolez who pointed out the many classical references the famed poet Joseph of Exeter, a friend of Guibert's.
ABSTRACT
Laudatory poem written on the occasion of the election of Guibert as abbot of Gembloux (1194), in which Guibert is e.g. described as the heir to Wicbertus, the founder of the monastery of Gembloux, and is compared to St Martin of Tours because of his self-denial. The text is full of classical references.
SOURCES
INFLUENCE
MANUSCRIPTS
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
TRANSLATIONS
EDITIONS
DEROLEZ (A.), Guiberti Gemblacensis Epistolae Pars 1: Epistolae I-XXIV, Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaeualis, LXVI (Turnhout, 1988) 4-5
LITERATURE
DEROLEZ (A.), Guiberti Gemblacensis Epistolae Pars 1: Epistolae I-XXIV, Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaeualis, LXVI (Turnhout, 1988) 3
GOMPF (L.), Joseph Iscanus. Werke und Briefe (Leiden & Keulen, 1970) 1-2 68-73
MOENS (S.), 'Twelfth-century epistolary language of friendship reconsidered. The case of Guibert of Gembloux', Revue Belge de philologie et d'histoire/ Belgisch tijdschrift voor filologie en geschiedenis, 88 (2010), 983-1017 999-1003
TILLIETTE (J.-Y.), MORA (F.), L'iliade épopée du XIIe siècle sur la guerre de Troie (Turnhout, 2003) 12-16
GOMPF (L.), Joseph Iscanus. Werke und Briefe (Leiden & Keulen, 1970) 1-2 68-73
MOENS (S.), 'Twelfth-century epistolary language of friendship reconsidered. The case of Guibert of Gembloux', Revue Belge de philologie et d'histoire/ Belgisch tijdschrift voor filologie en geschiedenis, 88 (2010), 983-1017 999-1003
TILLIETTE (J.-Y.), MORA (F.), L'iliade épopée du XIIe siècle sur la guerre de Troie (Turnhout, 2003) 12-16
LINKS
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Contributor:
Sara Moens
Update:
2014-07-04 11:22:54
© The Narrative Sources from the Medieval Low Countries (Brussels: Royal Historical Commission, since 2009). URL: www.narrative-sources.be (accessed May 14th 2025).
Contributor:
Sara Moens
Update:
2014-07-04 11:22:54
© The Narrative Sources from the Medieval Low Countries (Brussels: Royal Historical Commission, since 2009). URL: www.narrative-sources.be (accessed May 14th 2025).
