Re: VIRGIL: Mantovano
Sorry, I mistranscribed the title of Tennyson's poem. It should be: TO VIRGIL WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE MANTUANS FOR THE NINETEENTH CENTENARY OF VIRGIL'S DEATH (Imagine the lines centred.) Simon Cauchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
Re: VIRGIL: Mantovano
>I am not familiar with the name Mantovano as it relates to Virgil. Can
>you tell me the connection?
>
"Matovano" is the Italian for "Mantuan". The allusion is to the tenth and
last stanza of Tennyson's poem "To Virgil, written at the request of the
Mantuans for the nineteenth centenary of the poet's death", which goes:
"I salute thee, Mantovano,
I that loved thee since my day began,
Wielder of the stateliest measure
ever moulded by the lips of man."
The inscription which was said to have been placed on Virgil's tomb
declared that he was born in Mantua ("Mantua me genuit"), and it's clear
from various passages in his works that he lived in or near Mantua and knew
the countryside round about.
Simon Cauchi
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Re: VIRGIL: Mantovano
Colleagues, There are no doubt several possibilities to explain *Mantovano*. He was born in Mantua, so the epithet is appropriate. But the allusion that seems to me most attractive is in the final stanza of Tennyson's *To Virgil* -- I salute thee, Mantovano, I that loved thee since my day began, Wielder of the stateliest measure ever molded by the lips of man." While hardly up to his *Ulysses,* Tennyson's poem is worth knowing, especially by Vergilians. Mario Phillip Harris wrote: I am not familiar with the name Mantovano as it relates to Virgil. Can you tell me the connection? Thank you, Phillip Harris -- Mario A. Di Cesare Distinguished Professor (emeritus), SUNY Founder & Director, Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (MRTS) & Pegasus Paperbooks (1978-1996) Director, Pegasus Press (1996-1998; 2002-2004) Member, College for Seniors, University of North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement at UNC Asheville 101 Booter Road Fairview, NC 28730-8727 Phone: 828-628-3883 --- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
Re: VIRGIL: Mantovano
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phillip Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes I am not familiar with the name Mantovano as it relates to Virgil. Can you tell me the connection? Tennyson so addressed Vergil, using the modern Italian form of the ethnic: I salute thee, Mantovano, I that loved thee since my day began, Wielder of the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man. Leofranc Holford-Strevens -- *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Leofranc Holford-Strevens 67 St Bernard's Road usque adeone Oxford scire MEVM nihil est, nisi ME scire hoc sciat alter? OX2 6EJ tel. +44 (0)1865 552808(home)/353865(work) fax +44 (0)1865 512237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* --- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
VIRGIL: Mantovano
I am not familiar with the name Mantovano as it relates to Virgil. Can you tell me the connection? Thank you, Phillip Harris
