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  1. The Eneados
    Gavin Douglas's translation of Virgil's Aeneid
    Author: Virgil
    Published: 2020-2022
    Publisher:  The Scottish Text Society, Edinburgh

    "Although Virgil's Aeneid was one of the most widely admired works of the European Middle Ages, the first complete translation to appear in any form of English was Gavin Douglas's magisterial verse rendering into Older Scots, completed in 1513, which... more

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    "Although Virgil's Aeneid was one of the most widely admired works of the European Middle Ages, the first complete translation to appear in any form of English was Gavin Douglas's magisterial verse rendering into Older Scots, completed in 1513, which he called the 'Eneados'. It included not only the twelve books of Virgil's original, but a thirteenth added by the Italian humanist scholar Maphaeus Vegius, and lively, original prologues to every book.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Virgil; Douglas, Gawin (Übersetzer); Bawcutt, Priscilla J. (Herausgeber); Cunningham, Ian Campbell (Herausgeber)
    Language: English; Scots
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781897976456; 1897976453; 9781897976425; 1897976429; 9781897976432; 1897976437; 9781897976449; 1897976445
    Series: Scottish Text Society. Fifth series ; 17-19
    Subjects: Epic poetry, Latin; Epic poetry, Latin; Epic poetry, Latin; Epic poetry, Latin
    Other subjects: Virgil: Aeneis; Virgil: Aeneis; Aeneas (Legendary character); Aeneas (Legendary character); Douglas, Gawin (1474?-1522); Douglas, Gawin (1474?-1522)
    Scope: 3 volumes, illustration, 24 cm.
    Notes:

    Series statement from publisher's webpage.

    Includes bibliographical references (Volume I, pages 229-240) and index.