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Colker, Marvin Leonard was born on March 19, 1927 in Pittsburgh. Son of Philip Marcus and Sarah (Grodner) Colker.
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Trinity College Library Dublin: Descriptive Catalogue of the Mediaeval and Renaissance Latin Manuscripts: Supplement One
(The first supplement to the 1991 catalogue of Latin manus...)
The first supplement to the 1991 catalogue of Latin manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin describes in detail Latin manuscripts acquired by Trinity College Dublin from 1990 to 2003. These manuscripts span the ninth to sixteenth centuries. The supplement also offers bibliography of recent publications on Trinity College manuscripts. The new book should appeal to scholars in different fields, such as literature, history, art, and music. The manuscripts described include, for example: the unique text of Michael of Belluno attacking luxury and superstition; sermons reflecting the influence of classical antiquity and renaissance humanism and disclosing instances of witchcraft; records about tombs at Clairvaux, the famed monastery associated with Saints Bernard and Malachy; amusing cartoon-like drawings in a text of Seneca the Younger and music in a Processional for nuns.
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Analecta Dublinensia: Three Medieval Latin Texts in the Library of Trinity College Dublin
(Three medieval Latin texts of outstanding literary merit:...)
Three medieval Latin texts of outstanding literary merit: a vigorous dialogue about the hypocrisy of sinful monks, which provides valuable insights into the psychology of monks who have strayed from the monastic ideal; a series of letters which reveal internal politics at the monastery of St Albans and narrate the sufferings of a student persecuted by his jealous teacher; and a collection of mainly realistic and often racy stories which derive much of their language from Petronius—the collection also contains critical descriptions of various segments of medieval society.
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Marvin Leonard Colker
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Marvin Leonard Colker, American Classics educator. Member American Philological Association (medieval Latin studies group), Mediaeval Academy American (former councillor) Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research.Collections, Medieval Latin Association North America, Classical Association Middle West and South, Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor summa cum laude, University Pittsburgh, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1951. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Dublin, 1987.
Career
Sheldon fellow, Harvard University, 1951-1952; Fulbright fellow, U. Paris, 1951-1952; Instructor classics, University of Virginia, 1953-1956; assistant professor, University of Virginia, 1956-1959; associate professor, University of Virginia, 1959-1968; professor, University of Virginia, 1967-1998; department chairman classics, University of Virginia, 1963-1968; professor emeritus, University of Virginia, since 1998. Cataloguer Mediaeval manuscripts U. Dublin, Ireland, 1958-1988, lecturer patristics, Mediaeval Latin, 1962-1963. Co-director Mediaeval manuscripts course standing conference National and University Librarians, Dublin, 1968.
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Analecta Dublinensia: Three Medieval Latin Texts in the Library of Trinity College Dublin
(Three medieval Latin texts of outstanding literary merit:...)
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Trinity College Library Dublin: Descriptive Catalogue of the Mediaeval and Renaissance Latin Manuscripts: Supplement One
(The first supplement to the 1991 catalogue of Latin manus...)
- Analecta Dublinensia: Three Mediaeval Latin Texts in the Library of Trinity College Dublin (Medieval Academy Bks. ; No. 82)
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Analecta Dublinensia: Three Medieval Latin Texts in the Library of Trinity College Dublin
Membership
Member American Philological Association (medieval Latin studies group), Mediaeval Academy American (former councillor) Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research.Collections, Medieval Latin Association North America, Classical Association Middle West and South, Phi Beta Kappa.
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Married Hazel Robinson, November 28, 1959. 1 son, Philip Ian.
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American
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1948
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1951
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1987
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1951 - 1952
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1951 - 1952
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Grantee American Philosophical Society, Trinity Trust, National Endowment of the Humanities, University Dublin Fund. American Council of Learned Societies fellow, 1962-1963, Sesquicentennial Research Association fellow University Virginia, 1973-1974, Center Advanced Studies research associate University Virginia, 1992-1993, Guggenheim fellow, 1973-1974, Fulbright fellow to London and Dublin, 1987-1988, Bibliographical Society of America fellow, 1996.Grantee American Philosophical Society, Trinity Trust, National Endowment of the Humanities, University Dublin Fund. American Council of Learned Societies fellow, 1962-1963, Sesquicentennial Research Association fellow University Virginia, 1973-1974, Center Advanced Studies research associate University Virginia, 1992-1993, Guggenheim fellow, 1973-1974, Fulbright fellow to London and Dublin, 1987-1988, Bibliographical Society of America fellow, 1996.