Christiad

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• Christiad — The Christiad (Latin Christias) is an epic poem in six cantos on the life of Christ by Marco Girolamo (Marcus Hieronymus) Vida modeled on Virgil. It was first published in Cremona in 1535 (see 1535 in poetry).[1] Modern Editions G.C. Drake and… …   Wikipedia

• Marco Girolamo Vida — Marco Girolamo Vida. Marco Girolamo Vida or Marcus Hieronymus Vida (1485? – September 27, 1566) was an Italian humanist, bishop and poet. Born at Cremona, Vida joined the court of Pope Leo X and was given a prior at Frascati. He became bishop of… …   Wikipedia

• Marcus Hieronymus Vida — Marcus Hieronymus Vida, oder Marco Girolamo Vida (* 1485 in Cremona; † 27. September 1566 in Alba) war ein italienischer Dichter und Humanist. Leben Vida wurde als Sohn verarmter Adeliger in Cremona geboren. Vida kam dann nach …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth To Twentieth Century) —     Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century)     During the Middle Ages the so called church Latin was to a great extent the language …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Vida —   [v ], Marco Girolamo, italienischer humanistischer Dichter, * Cremona vor 1490, ✝ Alba 27. 9. 1566; war Chorherr an der Laterankirche in Rom und wurde von Papst Leo X. zum Prior, von Papst Klemens VII. 1532 zum Bischof von Alba erhoben; beim… …   Universal-Lexikon

• VIDA Marcus Hieronymus — Episcopus Albae Pompoiae ad Tanarum, per annos 35. Obiit A. C. 1556. Genebr. 1566. Eius exstant Christiados libri 6. in octav. Brixiae, A. C. 1586. Poema de Scacchiae ludo, de Bombycibus etc. Primus inter Italos, post Iacobum Sannazarium,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

• White, Henry Kirke — (1785 1806)    Poet, s. of a butcher at Nottingham. At first assisting his f., next a stocking weaver, he was afterwards placed in the office of an attorney. Some contributions to a newspaper introduced him to the notice of Capel Lofft, a patron… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• White, Henry Kirke — (1785 1806)    Born in Nottingham, where his father was a butcher, he worked briefly as a stocking weaver before being articled to a lawyer. He had some poems published in the Monthly Preceptor and the Monthly Mirror. To raise money to go to… …   British and Irish poets