Friday, May 4, 2012
Dyckerus: Epigrammata Sacra
Epigrammatum sacrorum libri III by Ignatius Dyckerus (1637)
The poems are in a variety of meters and there are a few distichs scattered here and there:
Ad Iesum Felle Potatum
Tu tibi, non nobis, Iesu, fel triste bibisti:
Fel tibi, mel nobis potio amara fuit.
I've also found a later edition of the epigrams which contains an additional book of Silvae and two books of lyric poetry.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Eckhard: Epigrammata
Epigrammata by Melchior Sylvester Eckhard (1629)
This is definitely a book to harvest for distichs. Like this one!
Bileami Asina
Cur adeo Bileami omnes mirantur asellam,
Cum vel mille asini magna loquantur adhuc?
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Gouvea: Epigrammata
Epigrammata by Antonio de Gouvea (1539)
This is a charming book; I won't find but a few distichs here although it is worth looking. Here's a nice little poem Ad Lectorem:
Sunt mala, sunt quaedam peiora, et pessima plura:
Arguit autorem pagina nostra suum.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Lubrano: Suaviludia Musarum
Suaviludia Musarum ad Sebethi ripam by Giacomo Lubrano (1690)
The Sebethus river flows through Campania into the sea between Naples and Herculaneum. This is a collection of 10 books of epigrams, mostly on the long side but I will find some nice distichs here for sure. For example, 1.89: Caesar allatum ad se Pompei caput flevit
Caesar ad abscissum Magni caput, indice fletu
Hoc doluit, manibus non periisse suis.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Marullus: Epigrammata et Hymni
Epigrammata et Hymni by Michael Tarchaniota Marullus (1561)
The poems are on the long side, in a variety of meters. I don't think I will find many distichs here, but it will be worth taking a look.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Möller: Ana- et epigrammata
Ana- et epigrammatum Centuria by Johann Möller (1684)
- Cent. 1-2: GoogleBooks - GoogleBookstore
- Cent. 3-4: GoogleBooks - GoogleBookstore
- Cent. 5-6: GoogleBooks - GoogleBookstore
- Cent. 7-8: GoogleBooks - GoogleBookstore
As always, it is a nightmare trying to figure out these multi-volume editions at Google Books. I was able to find these four books, covering "Centuries" 1-8; I do not know if there are additional volumes that I have missed although from the various bibliographies I have consulted, it looks like there are only eight centuries.
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Erasmus: Epigrammata
Epigrammata by Erasmus (1516)
This is an anthology of epigrammatic verse by Erasmus in a variety of meters. There is some distich poetry here that I might be able to use. For example:
Vitam Aeternam
Utraque pars nostri corpusque animusque deinceps
Iuncta simul, vitam ducent sine fine perennem.
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