Le due versioni del carme «Spiritus alme veni» dello ps. Pier Damiani
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[1] University of Bologna
University of Bologna
Bolonia, Italia
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- Localización: Filologia mediolatina: rivista della Fondazione Ezio Franceschini, ISSN 1124-0008, Nº. 29, 2022, págs. 191-224
- Idioma: italiano
- Títulos paralelos:
- The Two Versions Of The Poem «Spiritus Alme Veni» y Ps. Peter Damian
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Resumen
The poem Spiritus alme veni, once attributed to Peter Damian, offers an eulogy of the apostles of Christ, to each of whom is dedicated an elegiac paracteric couplet. Besides the already known version, comprising 66 lines, there is another, longer version, which reaches 90 lines. This long version is transmitted by eleven Tuscan legendaries of the 11th-12th centuries. In the added verses (ll. 67-90) the holy bishop Ianuarius of Benevento is celebrated and the author admits to be a sinful man, and invokes God’s help. This study establishes the recensio and offers the critical edition of the longer version of the poem. It can be dated to the second half of the 11th century and may have been written in the abbey of San Gennaro in Capolona, in the Arezzo area, or for that monastery, imitating the style of Peter Damian.
