Photos from the Horace Exhibit and Lecture, October 22, 2005
Rare Book Department, Free Library of
Philadelphia |
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Attendees view and discuss the riches of the
exhibit, “Fourteen Odes of Horace: Texts and Translations from Six
Centuries.” |
William Lang, Head of the
Rare Book Department, welcomes attendees to the historic and beautiful Elkins
Room. |
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CAAS Past President
Barbara McManus introduces the speaker. |
Julia Haig Gaisser of Bryn Mawr College explains a fine
point during her lecture on “Education for Empire: Horace's Roman Odes at
School.” |
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After the lecture, William Lang, Julia Gaisser,
and Barbara McManus pose in front of the book-lined walls of the Elkins Room.
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CAAS Past President Nik Gross and his wife Janet enjoy the
lecture. |
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During the reception, Julia Gaisser discusses the lecture
with student attendees. |
CAAS Executive Director Minna Duchovnay, listens intently to
Past President Lee Pearcy. |
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Photos from the
Exhibit
“Fourteen Odes of Horace: Texts and Translations from Six
Centuries”
in the Rare Book Department
Click on the following three pictures to
see larger images, which will open in a new window (close the extra window
after viewing). |
Illustration of the Pyrrha ode
(Odes 1.5) from the 1498 Strassburg edition, the first to illustrate the
poems. |
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The ode to Maecenas (Odes
1.1) in the famous 1501 Aldine Press edition, published by the Venetian
humanist and scholar Aldus Manutius. Though a printed edition, the volume was
hand painted and designed to resemble a manuscript. |
Translation of the ode to Venus (Odes 1.30)
from a 1901 Boston edition of the Odes and Epodes edited by
Clement Lawrence Smith. |
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Thanks to Ann Raia for
taking these pictures. |
