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Dear John,
Thank you for these citations. I was aware of the first two, but had
not examined Horrox' anthology. That will be useful. It seems
strange that there aren't any more recent editions of the poem. I am
in the processing of acquiring the one by Littre through interlibrary
loan. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a collection of poems,
for instance, that I was overlooking.
Best regards,
Thomas
On Feb 11, 2008, at 6:23 PM, John Dillon wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> Dear Thomas Meacham,
>
> The first ten hits in Google in response to a search for the phrase
> "judicio solis" all have to do with this poem. As far as I can see
> after looking at several of these, it would appear that the edition
> of reference is still that in Emile Littré, “Opuscule relatif a la
> peste de 1348”, _Bibliotheque de l’Ecole des Chartes_ 2 (1840-41),
> 201-243.
>
> John B. Friedman's article, "Henryson's "Testament of Cresseid" and
> the "Judicio Solis in Conviviis Saturni" of Simon of Couvin,"
> _Modern Philology_ 83 (1985), 12-21, discusses the poem _passim_ and
> provides references to earlier scholarship.
>
> Rosemary Horrox' well-known anthology of contemporary accounts of
> the Black Plague, _The Black Death_ (Manchester University Press,
> 1994), has on pp. 163-67 an English-language translation of Simon's
> own description of the poem's contents. This is available on line
> (it came up in the aforementioned Google search) at:
> http://tinyurl.com/2hwd6l
> NB: Horrox, who has also read the poem in Littré's article, gives
> its title as _De Judicio Solis_.
>
> Apart perhaps from my having looked at Friedman's article on-line
> (available to me in JSTOR), was there anything in the above that you
> could not have done yourself?
>
> Best,
> John Dillon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas Meacham <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:06 pm
> Subject: [M-R] simon of couvin
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>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>> culture
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I looking for information regarding Simon of Couvin (a parisian
>> doctor
>>
>> from the fourteenth century) and a poem he wrote about the Black
>> Death, "Judicio Solis in Conviviis Saturni." In particular, I am
>> looking for an edition (if possible, critical edition) of the poem
>> (Latin, English, or otherwise). Thank you for your help!
>>
>> Best,
>> Thomas Meacham
>
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