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Hecatodistichon was a poem written in 1550 by the Seymour sisters, Jane, Anne and Margaret. It was the first female-authored English-language encomium, the only work by Englishwomen published in Latin in the 16th century, and the only work by any Englishwomen published in any language before the 1560s. [1]
It was written on the death of Marguerite de Navarre, sister of the French king and queen of Navarre. [1]
It comprised 104 distichs, or couplets. [1] Hecato is a prefix from the Greek word for "hundred". [2]
The Hecatodistichon was published in Paris in 1550 by the sisters' tutor, Nicolas Denisot. It was republished in 2000 in the series The early modern Englishwoman by Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot ( ISBN 1840142197). [3]
References
- ^ a b c Studies in Philology: Volume XCIII Spring, 1996 Number 2, England's First Female-Authored Encomium: The Seymour Sisters' Hecatodistichon (1550) to Marguerite de Navarre. Text, Translation, Notes, and Commentary by Brenda M. Hosington
- ^ Stephen Chrisomalis. "Numerical Adjectives, Greek and Latin Number Prefixes". The Phrontistery.
- ^ "Catalogue record". British Library. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
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Hecatodistichon was a poem written in 1550 by the Seymour sisters, Jane, Anne and Margaret. It was the first female-authored English-language encomium, the only work by Englishwomen published in Latin in the 16th century, and the only work by any Englishwomen published in any language before the 1560s. [1]
It was written on the death of Marguerite de Navarre, sister of the French king and queen of Navarre. [1]
It comprised 104 distichs, or couplets. [1] Hecato is a prefix from the Greek word for "hundred". [2]
The Hecatodistichon was published in Paris in 1550 by the sisters' tutor, Nicolas Denisot. It was republished in 2000 in the series The early modern Englishwoman by Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot ( ISBN 1840142197). [3]
References
- ^ a b c Studies in Philology: Volume XCIII Spring, 1996 Number 2, England's First Female-Authored Encomium: The Seymour Sisters' Hecatodistichon (1550) to Marguerite de Navarre. Text, Translation, Notes, and Commentary by Brenda M. Hosington
- ^ Stephen Chrisomalis. "Numerical Adjectives, Greek and Latin Number Prefixes". The Phrontistery.
- ^ "Catalogue record". British Library. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
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