Thursday, December 29, 2011
La Faye: Breviarium Saeculare Universae Historiae
Breviarium Saeculare Universae Historiae by Jean de La Faye (1672)
The book presents a history of world told in the form of distichs, blending Biblical and pagan legends. For example:
Liberat Aegyptum Ioseph. Iunonius Argus
Servat Io. Docuit tristis aratra Ceres.
The effect is quite weird but intriguing!
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