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Rabano Mauro

Commentario al libro di Giuditta

Edizione critica a cura di Adele Simonetti

HB pp. LXX-108, € 50,00

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Testi, 19
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2008
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978-88-8450-280-3
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In this work, the first commentary on the book of Judith, never before the object of a complete, exegetical treatise, Hrabanus Maurus responds to a double objective. The first, to continue the project of an exhaustive biblical commentary. The second, to pay homage to the queen of the Franks, Judith of Bavaria, wife of Ludwig the Pious, to whom he dedicates this exposition and the following on the book of Esther. His aim is also to show his support of the reigning couple in the delicate aftermath of a political crisis caused by the struggle for succession to the throne of Charlemagne. Unlike the other biblical commentaries by Hrabanus, the one of Judith is embellished by a carmen figuratum, trasmitted by a small number of examples, and dedicated to the queen of the Franks. Only in three of them the poem is enhanced by a bust portrait of Judith of Bavaria, representing the only existing image of the empress. This is the first modern edition of the commentary, conducted on the basis of twenty-four collated manuscripts, some of which can be dated to very near the original.
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