The Plays of Roswitha

by Hrotsvitha

• [The Plays of Roswitha translated by Christopher St. John]
  • [Transcriber’s Note]
  • [Copyright]
  • [Contents]
• [Translator’s Note]
• [Introduction]
  • [By His Eminence Cardinal Gasquet]
• [The Plays of Roswitha]
  • [By Christopher St. John]
• [The Prefaces of Roswitha]
  • [Preface to the Plays of Hrotswitha, German Religious and Virgin of the Saxon Race]
  • [Epistle of the Same to the Learned Patrons of this Book]
  • [Roswitha’s Preface to her Poetical Works]
  • [To Gerberg]
  • [Roswitha’s Preface to the Complete Works]
• [Gallicanus]
  • [Argument]
  • [Characters in Part I]
  • [Characters in Part II]
  • [Gallicanus—Part I]
    • [Scene I]
    • [Scene II]
    • [Scene III]
    • [Scene IV]
    • [Scene V]
    • [Scene VI]
    • [Scene VII]
    • [Scene VIII]
    • [Scene IX]
    • [Scene X]
    • [Scene XI]
    • [Scene XII]
    • [Scene XIII]
  • [Gallicanus—Part II]
    • [Scene I]
    • [Scene II]
    • [Scene III]
    • [Scene IV]
    • [Scene V]
    • [Scene VI]
    • [Scene VII]
    • [Scene VIII]
    • [Scene IX]
• [Dulcitius]
  • [Argument]
  • [Characters]
  • [Dulcitius]
    • [Scene I]
    • [Scene II]
    • [Scene III]
    • [Scene IV]
    • [Scene V]
    • [Scene VI]
    • [Scene VII]
    • [Scene VIII]
    • [Scene IX]
    • [Scene X]
    • [Scene XI]
    • [Scene XII]
    • [Scene XIII]
    • [Scene XIV]
• [Callimachus]
  • [Argument]
  • [Characters]
  • [Callimachus]
    • [Scene I]
    • [Scene II]
    • [Scene III]
    • [Scene IV]
    • [Scene V]
    • [Scene VI]
    • [Scene VII]
    • [Scene VIII]
    • [Scene IX]
• [Abraham]
  • [Argument]
  • [Characters]
  • [Abraham]
    • [Scene I]
    • [Scene II]
    • [Scene III]
    • [Scene IV]
    • [Scene V]
    • [Scene VI]
    • [Scene VII]
    • [Scene VIII]
    • [Scene IX]
• [Paphnutius]
  • [Argument]
  • [Characters]
  • [Paphnutius]
    • [Scene I]
    • [Scene II]
    • [Scene III]
    • [Scene IV]
    • [Scene V]
    • [Scene VI]
    • [Scene VII]
    • [Scene VIII]
    • [Scene IX]
    • [Scene X]
    • [Scene XI]
    • [Scene XII]
    • [Scene XIII]
• [Sapientia]
  • [Argument]
  • [Characters]
  • [Sapientia]
    • [Scene I]
    • [Scene II]
    • [Scene III]
    • [Scene IV]
    • [Scene V]
    • [Scene VI]
    • [Scene VII]
    • [Scene VIII]
    • [Scene IX]
• [A Note on the Acting of the Plays]

The Plays of Roswitha translated by Christopher St. John

Transcriber’s Note

These transcriptions are also available on a GitHub repository, where they are available as markdown-formatted text files. If you want to remix this text, the GitHub repository would probably be the best place to build off from: [https://github.com/cncoulter/Transcription_The-Plays-of-Roswitha]

Copyright

The Plays of Roswitha
Translated by Christopher St. John
London: Chatto & Windus, 1923

Contents

1. Translator’s Note
2. Introduction by His Eminence Cardinal Gasquet
3. Critical Preface by Christopher St. John
4. The Prefaces of Roswitha
5. Gallicanus
6. Dulcitius
7. Callimachus
8. Abraham
9. Paphnutius
10. Sapientia
11. Note on the Acting of the Plays

Translator’s Note

The works consulted include the following: