After Gavin Kelly’s blogpost about traces of Sidonius in the Durham archives, Giulia Marolla follows up on Twitter with further details, here. The elements listed are from the Panegyric of Anthemius: 2.107, 2.147, 2.48 and 2.168 (gymnasiis).
Author: JvW
Kelly on Sidonius in England
Gavin Kelly wrote a blogpost on the manuscript transmission of Sidonius in England, following up on a tweet concerning the Durham Bible of William of St Calais (1096 CE) and the list of manuscripts it contains, which mentions a copy of Sidonius’ ‘panegyrics’ among others (see also on this website). William’s Sidonius manuscript is a typically English representative of manuscripts containing Sidonius’ poems without the letters.
On 5 February ‘Ennius’ (@Red_Loeb) shared an image from a Durham manuscript, Cathedral Library A.II.4, the bible of William of St Calais, bishop of Durham, from AD 1096. This bible is said to originate in Normandy, like its owner. On f. 1v there is a list of the books that the bishop gifted to the library. In a retweet, my friend and colleague Justin Stover (‘Transmission of the Latin Classics’ = @OxGTLC), pointed out that it contained references to the works of Justin and Sidonius. Sure enough, two thirds of the way down you can see a paragraphus sign (¶) followed by Sidonius Sollius Panigericus. …
Read on here
Wolff on Satire
Étienne Wolff writes on ‘Sidoine Apollinaire et la satire’ in: Da satura a ‘satira’: studi su un genere (non solo) letterario, dossier in Paideia 77 (2022) 253-62.
ToC here
Ragnahilda’s Cup as a Springboard
Vincent Debiais begins his article ‘Allusion and elusion: writing on the Cloisters Cross’ on what it materially means to combine writing and image with Ragnahilda’s cup from Ep. 4.8. Published in Word & Image, Volume 39, Issue 1 (2023).
Marolla Identifies Simplicius
Just out in first view: Giulia Marolla, ‘Who Was Sidonius’ Correspondent Simplicius? An Identification Problem in the Letters’, Classical Quarterly FirstView 30.03.2023.
Abstract
This article presents, as a case study, the various inconsistencies which occur in the prosopographical entries concerning Simplicius, one of Sidonius’ most frequent addressees. Through the exegesis of passages of letters addressed to him (Epist. 3.11, 4.4, 4.7, 4.12, 5.4) and of passages believed to concern him (Carm. 24.89; Epist. 2.9 and 5.7), it argues for a revision of the common identification of Simplicius as brother of Apollinaris and Thaumastus, and for a re-evaluation of the sources which supposedly lead to this conclusion. Some cautionary remarks on the unchecked use of prosopography as a tool are followed by a hypothesis concerning the identity of this addressee of Sidonius.
Raschieri and Banquet
Amedeo Raschieri writes on ‘Poesia, musica e convivio tra Sidonio Apollinare, Cassiodoro ed Ennodio’, in: Cecilia Nobili and Riccardo Saccenti (eds), Filosofia e convivialità dall’antichità al Medioevo, Milan: Mimesis, 2023, 147-67.
From Sidonius, Ep. 9.13.
Sample Academia here
Leflaëc and Urlacher-Becht on Creative Appropriation
Recently published: Alice Leflaëc and Céline Urlacher-Becht, ‘Le détournement du texte biblique dans les épîtres de l’Antiquité tardive (IVe-VIe s.): modalités et limites du jeu’, in: Étienne Wolff (ed.), Les jeux sur les mots, les lettres et les sons dans les textes latins, Bordeaux: Ausonius, 2023, 323-50.
Discusses Paulinus of Nola, Sidonius Apollinaris, Ruricius of Limoges and Ennodius of Pavia.
Catalogue here (open access).
Montone Reviews Giannotti
Fascione, Mondin on Horatian Metres
Sara Fascione contributes ‘Secundum regulas Flacci. Orazio e il ritorno alla metrica nell’epistolario di Sidonio Apollinare’ to Concetta Longobardi (ed.), Horatiana. La ricezione di Orazio dall’antichità al mondo moderno: le forme liriche, Pisa: ETS, 2022, 91-103.
In the same edited volume, Luca Mondin in ‘I metri oraziani nel quadro della polimetria tardoantica’ (pp. 11-62) has also much to say about Sidonius.
In the publisher’s catalogue
Oppedisano and the Panegyric of Anthemius
Fabrizio Oppedisano edited a dossier ‘Poesia, potere e la fine di un impero. Il Panegirico di Antemio’ in Rivista di filologia e di istruzione classica 150 (2022) 425-521. It comprises:
– Onorato, Marco, ‘L’elogio della paideia di Antemio come manifestazione culturale’, pp. 427-55
– Consolino, Franca Ela, ‘Mito e politica nel Panegirico di Antemio’, pp. 456-77
– Oppedisano, Fabrizio, ‘La voce di Enotria e la solitudine di Ricimero’, pp. 478-98
– Roberto, Umberto, ‘Furores Caucasei: Sidonio Apollinare e l’alterità culturale e politica dei Vandali’, pp. 499-521.