Texts

verse beg. Baldo, Dei famule, clare magister

Dúngal of Saint-Denis and Pavia
  • Latin
  • verse
  • Hiberno-Latin texts

Carolingian Latin poem written by Dungal (l. 3) and addressed to a certain Baldo magister.

First words (verse)
  • Baldo, Dei famule, clare magister
Speaker/Addressee
Addressee: Baldo of Salzburg
Baldo of Salzburg
(fl. 9th c.)
Teacher in the cathedral school of Salzburg, who has been identified as the patron who commissioned a copy of Adomnán’s De locis sanctis (Vienna MS 458) and the addressee of a poem, perhaps by Dúngal, beg. Baldo, Dei famule.

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Author
Dúngal of Saint-Denis and Pavia
Dúngal of Saint-Denis and Pavia
(d. after 827/828)
Irish scholar, teacher and poet known for his career on the continent, who was associated with Saint-Denis, Pavia and Bobbio.

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A Dungal refers to himself in line 3 and is often identified with the Irish scholar and poet Dungal (of Saint-Denis).

The Baldo to whom the poem is addressed has been identified with the person of this name, teacher in the cathedral school of Salzburg, who wrote a copy of Adomnán’s De locis sanctis and other works in Vienna, ÖNB, MS 458.(1)n. 1 Ludwig Bieler • Denis Meehan, ‘Adamnani de locis sanctis libri tres’ in Adamnan’s De locis sanctis... (1958).(2)n. 2 See also Bischoff (below) and Thomas O'Loughlin, Adomnán and the Holy Places: the perceptions of an Insular monk on the locations of the biblical drama (2007).

Language
  • Latin
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of lines: 34
34 lines in Dümmler's edition.

Classification

Hiberno-Latin textsHiberno-Latin texts
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Sources

Notes

Ludwig Bieler • Denis Meehan, ‘Adamnani de locis sanctis libri tres’ in Adamnan’s De locis sanctis... (1958).

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Dümmler, Ernst [ed.], Poetae Latini aevi Carolini, vol. 1, MGH Antiquitates, Berlin: Weidmann, 1881.
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412–413 (XXIV)

Secondary sources (select)

Bischoff, Bernhard, Die südostdeutschen Schreibschulen und Bibliotheken in der karolingerzeit, 2 vols, vol. 2: Die vorwiegend österreichischen diözesen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1980.
77ff On Baldo
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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June 2017, last updated: January 2024