An introduction to the study of medieval Latin versification / / by Dag Norberg ; translated by Grant C. Roti and Jacqueline de La Chapelle Skubly ; edited and with an introduction by Jan Ziolkowski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910138893503321
• Autore: Norberg Dag Ludvig <1909-1996.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D. C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2004
• ISBN: 0-8132-1634-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ZiolkowskiJan M. <1956->
• Disciplina: 871/.0309
• Soggetti: Latin poetry, Medieval and modern - History and criticism; Latin language, Medieval and modern - Metrics and rhythmics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Prosody and accentuation -- Synaeresis, diaeresis, syncope, prosthesis, elision, and hiatus -- Assonance, rhyme, and alliteration -- Acrostics, carmina figurata, and other poetic devices -- Metrical versification -- The beginning of rhythmic versification -- Rhythmic versification and metrical -- Poetry -- Rhythmic versification and music -- Sequences, tropes, motets, rondeaux.