Song of the Bison : text and translation of Nicolaus Hussovianus's "Carmen De Statura, Feritate Ac Venatione Bisontis" /

Song of the Bison : text and translation of Nicolaus Hussovianus's "Carmen De Statura, Feritate Ac Venatione Bisontis" /

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In 1521, the young Polish diplomat Nicolaus Hussovianus was watching the bullfights at a papal celebration in Rome. He remarked that the spectacle reminded him of the bison hunts he had witnessed as a young man in the Polish-Lithuanian woods, and his employer then asked Hussovianus to write a poem a...

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Main Author: Hussowski, Mikołaj, approximately 1475-1522 (Author)
Other Authors: Booth, Frederick J. (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Latin
Published: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2019.
Series:Foundations
Subjects:
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern > Translations into English.
Online Access:CONNECT
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