2013
Bibliography

Herren, Michael W., “Cicero redivivus apud scurras: some early medieval treatments of the great orator”, in: Nancy Deusen (ed.), Cicero refused to die: Ciceronian influence through the centuries, 4, Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2013. 1–4.

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Article
Cicero redivivus apud scurras: some early medieval treatments of the great orator”
Pages
1–4
Year
2013
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Abstract (cited)
What this chapter offers on the life and doings of Cicero is mostly skurril, but one example does verge upon the scurrilous. Early medieval writers and even later ones read many of the authors of Latin antiquity without having an inkling of their lifetime or careers. An example presented in the chapter is not only scurrilous but also shocking. It comes from a collection of Priscian glosses found in a Freising manuscript of the ninth century. The last example involves a more refined treatment of Cicero by an author who may be regarded as exemplifying the older notion of a scurra, namely, "a fashionable city idler." It refers to Virgil the Grammarian, a refined Irish gentleman of the 7th century, whose writings combine the serious treatment of grammar with parody, verbal wit, and much that is perplexing.
Subjects and topics
History, society and culture
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CiceroCicero
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Virgilius Maro GrammaticusVirgilius Maro Grammaticus
(fl. c.7th century)
Scholar and author of two Latin grammatical treatises; often identified as an Irishman
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Keywords
early medieval writers scurrilous
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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