The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf: A Dual-language Edition from Latin and Middle English Printed Editions
The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf: A Dual-language Edition from Latin and Middle English Printed Editions By Nancy M. Bradbury; Scott Bradbury
2012 | 106 Pages | ISBN: 1580441807 | PDF | 4 MB
2012 | 106 Pages | ISBN: 1580441807 | PDF | 4 MB
The two texts of the Dialogue presented here, a Latin version printed ca. 1488 and a Middle English translation printed in 1492, preserve lively, entertaining, and revealing exchanges between the Old Testament wisdom figure Solomon and Marcolf, a medieval peasant who is ragged and foul-mouthed but quick-witted and verbally astute. The Dialogue was a best-seller of its day; Latin versions survive in some twenty-seven manuscripts and forty-nine early printed editions and the work was translated into a wide variety of late medieval vernaculars, including German, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, English, and Welsh.