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Abstract:Analysis of a corpus of Anglo-Latin verse epitaphs published in the period 1380–1520 establishes that a shift from medieval rhymed dactylic verse, including Leonines and more complex polyrhymed varieties, to Renaissance-humanist classical-style unrhymed verse occurred in the period, irreversible by about 1460. Near the same date, Thomas More’s humanist contemporaries began to practice types of non-dactylic Greco-Roman lyric meters that More himself did not much essay; meanwhile, his two epitaphs for the practical musician Henry Abyngdon, the one humanist, the other a parody of the ornate rhymed style, depend for their meaning on this prosodic shift from medieval to Renaissance.
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Founded in 1903, Studies in Philology addresses scholars in a wide range of disciplines, though traditionally its strength has been English Medieval and Renaissance studies. SIP publishes articles on British literature before 1900 and on relations between British literature and works in the Classical, Romance, and Germanic Languages.
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