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}}Historians believe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenal Juvenal] (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis), c. 55 C.E. – 140 C.E., was probably a native Italian, born in Aquinum (modern day Aquino, in southern Italy).<ref>Gilbert Highet, "The Life of Juvenal," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association'' 68, (1937): 485, accessed October 16, 2014.</ref> His parents were not noble, but were likely free-born. We know nothing of Juvenal’s middle age, but historians surmise that he lived in relative poverty, as his ''Satyrae'' shows a "greater knowledge of poverty than any other Roman author possessed."<ref>Ibid.</ref> Martial, a Roman poet and Juvenal’s contemporary, mentions Juvenal twice.<ref>''The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia'', s.v. "[http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/heliconhe/juvenal_c_ad_60_140/0 Juvenal (c. AD 60-140)]" (Abington: Helicon, 2014), accessed October 16, 2014.</ref> 
  
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Juvenal wrote ''Satyrae'' (''The Satires'') c. 100-130 C.E.; scant datable references in the work make more precise dating impossible. ''The Satires'' is series of 16 satirical poems, divided between 5 books. The poems meditate on life in Rome under the Emperor Domitian, and his (more benevolent) successors. ''The Satires'' are especially well known for their uniquely caustic style, which is often contrasted with the urbane and witty style of Juvenal’s predecessor, Horace.<ref>''The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature'', s.v. "Juvenal," ed. Dinah Birch and Katy Hooper (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).</ref> Some of Juvenal’s popular wisdom remains in common parlance today. We have Juvenal to thank for the maxims: "who will guard the guards themselves?" (''sed quis custodiet ipsos custodies?''), and "only two things does [the modern citizen] anxiously wish for—bread and circuses" (''…duas tantum res anxius optat,
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panem et circenses'').<ref>''Oxford Essential Quotations'', s.v. "[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191735240.001.0001/q-oro-00006120 Juvenal]," ed. Susan Ratcliffe (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), accessed October 16, 2014.)</ref>   
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Juvenalis et Persius. Delph. 8vo." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012, rev. May, 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> lists the 1699 Delphini edition published in London. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on February 3, 2015.</ref> on LibraryThing states "Precise edition unknown. Several editions were published, the first in 1691." [[Dean Bibliography|Dean's Memo]] suggests Wythe read ''Ivn, Ivvenalis Satyrae XVI. A. Persil Satyrae VI. Ad Vetustiss, Scripta Exeplaria Emendatae: quorum Varias Lectiones ad Calcem Reiecimus'', published in Paris (Lvtetiae) in 1544.<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 10 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> Since the edition Wythe owned cannot be determined, the Wolf Law Library purchased an available copy of 1691 Delphini edition published in London.
  
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==

Revision as of 14:39, 4 February 2015

by Juvenal and Persius

D. Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satyrae
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Title page from D. Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satyrae, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author Juvenal and Persius
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Published Londini: Impensis Tho. Dring, contra Hospitium Templariorum in vico Fleetstreet dicto, & Abel Swalle, ad insigne Monocerotis in Ludgatestreet
Date 1691
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Pages [16], 320, 319-414, [92]
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Historians believe Juvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis), c. 55 C.E. – 140 C.E., was probably a native Italian, born in Aquinum (modern day Aquino, in southern Italy).[1] His parents were not noble, but were likely free-born. We know nothing of Juvenal’s middle age, but historians surmise that he lived in relative poverty, as his Satyrae shows a "greater knowledge of poverty than any other Roman author possessed."[2] Martial, a Roman poet and Juvenal’s contemporary, mentions Juvenal twice.[3]

Juvenal wrote Satyrae (The Satires) c. 100-130 C.E.; scant datable references in the work make more precise dating impossible. The Satires is series of 16 satirical poems, divided between 5 books. The poems meditate on life in Rome under the Emperor Domitian, and his (more benevolent) successors. The Satires are especially well known for their uniquely caustic style, which is often contrasted with the urbane and witty style of Juvenal’s predecessor, Horace.[4] Some of Juvenal’s popular wisdom remains in common parlance today. We have Juvenal to thank for the maxims: "who will guard the guards themselves?" (sed quis custodiet ipsos custodies?), and "only two things does [the modern citizen] anxiously wish for—bread and circuses" (…duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses).[5]

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Juvenalis et Persius. Delph. 8vo." and given by Thomas Jefferson to his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. The Brown Bibliography[6] lists the 1699 Delphini edition published in London. George Wythe's Library[7] on LibraryThing states "Precise edition unknown. Several editions were published, the first in 1691." Dean's Memo suggests Wythe read Ivn, Ivvenalis Satyrae XVI. A. Persil Satyrae VI. Ad Vetustiss, Scripta Exeplaria Emendatae: quorum Varias Lectiones ad Calcem Reiecimus, published in Paris (Lvtetiae) in 1544.[8] Since the edition Wythe owned cannot be determined, the Wolf Law Library purchased an available copy of 1691 Delphini edition published in London.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in contemporary calf with stamped rule and filigree design to cover, five bands to spine.

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References

  1. Gilbert Highet, "The Life of Juvenal," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 68, (1937): 485, accessed October 16, 2014.
  2. Ibid.
  3. The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia, s.v. "Juvenal (c. AD 60-140)" (Abington: Helicon, 2014), accessed October 16, 2014.
  4. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature, s.v. "Juvenal," ed. Dinah Birch and Katy Hooper (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).
  5. Oxford Essential Quotations, s.v. "Juvenal," ed. Susan Ratcliffe (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), accessed October 16, 2014.)
  6. Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012, rev. May, 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.
  7. LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on February 3, 2015.
  8. Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 10 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).