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Marco Girolamo Vida (1485–1566), humanist and bishop, came to prominence as a Latin poet in the Rome of Leo X and Clement VII. Leo commissioned this famous epic, a retelling of the life of Christ in the style of Vergil, which was published in 1535. This translation, accompanied by extensive notes, is based on a new edition of the Latin text.

Christiad

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    A Hardback by Marco Girolamo Vida, James Gardner

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 01/05/2009
      ISBN13: 9780674034082, 978-0674034082
      ISBN10: 0674034082
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      Book Synopsis
      Marco Girolamo Vida (1485–1566), humanist and bishop, came to prominence as a Latin poet in the Rome of Leo X and Clement VII. Leo commissioned this famous epic, a retelling of the life of Christ in the style of Vergil, which was published in 1535. This translation, accompanied by extensive notes, is based on a new edition of the Latin text.

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