Philip Polcar’s Hieronymus’ Witwenbüchlein für Salvina
Willum Westenholz
In the monograph under review, a revised version of dissertation submitted at University Konstanz in 2019, Polcar sets out to provide full-scale commentary on single letter Jerome’s correspondence such as will be familiar those who have read work Scourfield, Adkin, and Cain. The investigation, epistula 79, is addressed newly widowed Salvina, containing both consolation for loss her husband, Nebridius, exhortation chaste widowhood. After brief introduction Jerome letter’s place ancient epistolographic tradition (pp. 11–19) survey edition manuscripts consulted (21–24), there follows Latin text with facing translation 24–45).
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