M. Maruli Delmatae Davidias / / [edited] by M. Marcovich.

• Superior document: Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; Bd. 33
• Author: Marulic, Marko, 1450-1524.
• TeilnehmendeR: Markovic, Miroslav.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: Latin
• Series: Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; Bd. 33.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The Christian monumental historic-heroic epic Davidiad is the masterpiece of the prolific Croat Humanist Marko Marulić (Marcus Marulus, 1450-1524). The poem, comprising 6765 Latin hexameters, and divided into 14 books, was never published, and eventually even thought to be lost. Marulić's autograph resurfaced in the Biblioteca Nazionale of Turin, although it had been heavily damaged during the huge fire in January 1904. For the present edition the author has collated the original manuscript in Turin, made additional corrections, adopting the suggestions of Veljko Gortan, and reduced his first edition (1957, Mérida) to an absolutely necessary minimum. He has also enclosed a brief Vita Maruli , written by Marulić's contemporary Latin poet of Split, Franjo Božičević (Franciscus Natalis, 1469-1542).

Table of Contents

Preface vii -- Facsimilia xi -- Davidias -- Liber I 1 -- Liber II 21 -- Liber III 36 -- Liber IV 51 -- Liber V 65 -- Liber VI 79 -- Liber VII 92 -- Liber VIII 106 -- Liber IX 120 -- Liber X 133 -- Liber XI 148 -- Liber XII 160 -- Liber XIII 173 -- Liber XIV 185 -- Tropologica Davidiadis expositio 197 -- Appendix 215 -- Indices 223.