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I've listed this article for peer review because I would like to soon take it to FAN. Cento vergilianus de laudibus Christi is a fourth-century AD Latin poem, which was arranged by Faltonia Betitia Proba. The work takes verses extracted from Virgil and rearranged them so that they tell stories from the Old and New Testament of the Christian Bible, focusing on the story of Jesus Christ. This is a rather important poem, because it is likely the first Christian poem penned by a female author (I also just find it fascinating).
It received one peer-review almost two years ago, but has been greatly expanded since then. I have also had it copy-edited. I would love some more feedback to make it even better.
Thanks, --Gen. Quon (Talk) 14:23, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
Only a few comments from me this time around:
- The section on the characterisation of Mary gives three different interpretations of her characterisation, one which claims that Mary's maternal qualities are stressed in the poem; another that Mary has no maternal qualities. Given that these interpretations are so diametrically opposed, it might be a good idea to expand on them a little more. As it stands, I don't really get any sense from the article of why there is such disagreement, or whether there is any scholarly consensus.
- I would be interested to see more discussion of the literary context: centos were an established genre by the time Proba wrote, but hers is the first substantial Christian cento. How does her work relate to earlier centos? What about later ones – Aelia Eudocia wrote a Homeric cento covering the same subjects (Genesis, the life of Christ) as Proba's.
Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 09:08, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for the comments! I'll try to respond to them this week.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 21:38, 4 August 2017 (UTC)