'Locus Amoenus' and the Sleeping Nymph: 'Ekphrasis', Silence, and 'Genius Loci'

by Barbara Baert

In his late 15th century chronicle (ca 1477-1484), Michael Fabricius Ferrarinus (died between 1488-1493), prior of the Carmelite cloister in Reggio Emilia, introduced the rumour that an ancient fountain had been found super ripam Danuvii (on the banks of the Danube) with the sculpted figure of a sleeping nymph. According to Ferrarinus, the fountain bore a peculiar epigram: HVIVS NYMPHA LOCI, SACRI CVSTODIA FONTIS, DORMIO, DVM BLANDAE SENTIO...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042933445
• ISBN13: 9789042933446
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.4"