Founded in 1576, the University of Helmstedt was a brilliant center of late German humanism, a period that has been largely neglected in academic research. For the first time, this volume presents the lyrical works of Heinrich Meibom the Elder (1555-1625), who held the Helmstedt professorship of poetry for over 40 years. If offers a representative selection of his work, including texts in all the formats of neo-Latin poetry that he employed (including parodies of Horace, Virgilian centos, occasional poems, and spiritual poetry). An appendix including poetic self-references and biographical documentation provides insights into the author s working world."

This is the first new critical dual-language (Latin/German) edition of one of the most important New Latin Jesuit dramas, Nicolaus Avancini's (1611--1686) APietas victrixA. The historical drama centres around Constantine the Great's victory over his adversary Maxentius (Battle of the Milvian Bridge, 312 BC). The text follows the editio princeps (Vienna 1650), which contains the stage directions (of major value for the history of drama) and engravings of the stage decorations (reproduced in the appendix of this volume). A detailed Introduction (with a bibliography of research literature) informs the reader about the author and his works, with special reference to APietas victrixA as a stage play. Alongside the critical edition of the text, the volume also documents and translates the variants found in subsequent editions and the passages altered at a later stage. It further contains the German Perioche and a list of the actors involved in the first performance. The notes on the text provide brief information on the most important historical references.

Although born near Minden (Westphalia), Johannes Bocer (1526-1565) developed his literary activity largely in the context of the specific brand of humanism encountered in the Baltic region (notably Mecklenburg). This edition of his nine Eclogues is the continuation of the documentation of German eclogue poetry in New Latin that began in 1996 with the publication (in the same series) of the "Bucolica" of Simon Lemnius. The text is given with a translation and a commentary and is preceded by a source-based Introduction to the biography and prolific oeuvre of the author. A catalogue of the author's complete works rounds off the volume. Thus alongside the edition of the "Eclogues" themselves the reader is offered a compact monograph suitable as a guide for further study of this author.

[Die Ausg. wurde im Rahmen des Ed.-Programms der Forschungsstelle fur Mittlere Deutsche Literatur am Fachbereich Germanistik der Freien Universitat Berlin ... erarb.]

One of the most neglected areas of German humanism is the tradition of pastoral poetry in New Latin modeled on Virgils eclogues. Among the most prominent New Latin bucolic poets is Simon Lemnius (1511-1550), best known otherwise for his earlier poetic broadsides against Luther. The present edition is a major step towards a better understanding and documentation of the specific German contribution to the eclogue genre, one that was destined to retain its popularity all over Europe until well into the Baroque period.