Jekyll2026-09-30T20:16:27+00:00https://venatoverba.com/feed.xmlVenato VerbaLover of epic poetryVenato VerbaChapter 14 of the Life of Robin Hood2026-09-30T00:00:00+00:002026-09-30T00:00:00+00:00https://venatoverba.com/2026/09/30/chapter-fourteen-of-the-life-of-robin-hoodYesterday I released a recording of my recital of chapter 14 of my ongoing work, “The Life of Robin Hood.” This chapter is “A Hanging in Sherwood.” Listen to it here:

]]>Venato VerbaChapter 13 of the Life of Robin Hood2026-09-23T00:00:00+00:002026-09-23T00:00:00+00:00https://venatoverba.com/2026/09/23/chapter-thirteen-of-the-life-of-robin-hoodYesterday I released a recording of my recital of chapter 13 of my ongoing work, “The Life of Robin Hood.” This chapter is “Robin versus Hubert.” Listen to it here:

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]]>Venato VerbaChapter 12 of the Life of Robin Hood2026-09-15T00:00:00+00:002026-09-15T00:00:00+00:00https://venatoverba.com/2026/09/15/chapter-twelve-of-the-life-of-robin-hoodToday I released a recording of my recital of chapter 12 of my ongoing work, “The Life of Robin Hood.” This chapter is “The Cavalcade from Lincoln.” Listen to it here:

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]]>Venato VerbaChapter 11 of the Life of Robin Hood2026-09-08T00:00:00+00:002026-09-08T00:00:00+00:00https://venatoverba.com/2026/09/08/chapter-eleven-of-the-life-of-robin-hoodYesterday I released a recording of my recital of chapter 11 of my ongoing work, “The Life of Robin Hood.” Listen to it here:

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]]>Venato VerbaChapter 10 of the Life of Robin Hood2026-09-02T00:00:00+00:002026-09-02T00:00:00+00:00https://venatoverba.com/2026/09/02/chapter-ten-of-the-life-of-robin-hoodYesterday I released a recording of my recital of chapter 10 of my ongoing work, “The Life of Robin Hood.” Listen to it here:

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]]>Venato VerbaChapter 9 of the Life of Robin Hood2026-08-25T00:00:00+00:002026-08-25T00:00:00+00:00https://venatoverba.com/2026/08/25/chapter-nine-of-the-life-of-robin-hoodToday I released a recording of my recital of chapter 9 of my ongoing work, “The Life of Robin Hood.” Listen to it here:

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]]>Venato VerbaChapter 8 of the Life of Robin Hood2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:002026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00https://venatoverba.com/2026/08/18/chapter-eight-of-the-life-of-robin-hoodToday I released a recording of my recital of chapter 8 of my ongoing work, “The Life of Robin Hood.” Listen to it here:

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]]>Venato VerbaList of medieval Catholic epic poems til 1,100 a.d.2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:002026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00https://venatoverba.com/2026/08/16/list-of-catholic-epic-poems-til-1100-ad300s
The Gospel Harmony Juvencus ~3,200 lines
The Metrical Psalter Apollinaris of Laodicea ~5,300 lines
The Vergilian Centos Faltonia Proba ~500 lines
The Passion of the Christ St. Gregory Nazianzus ~2,600 lines
Song of His Life St. Gregory Nazianzus ~1,900 lines

400s

The Crowns of Martyrdom Prudentius ~3,700 lines
Psychomachia Prudentius ~1,000 lines
The Paraphrased Heptateuch Cyprianus Gallus ~5,500 lines
The Metrical Jonah Anonymous ~100 lines survive (the original probably covered the entire book)
The Homeric Centos Empress Eudocia ~2,400 lines
The Martyrdom of St. Cyprian of Antioch Empress Eudocia ~800 lines survive (the original was probably ~1,800 lines)
Joseph the Beautiful Pseudo Ephrem ~800 lines
The Song of Easter Sedulius ~1,700 lines
The Tragedy of Orestes Dracontius ~1,000 lines
The Abduction of Helen Dracontius ~700 lines
Medea Dracontius ~600 lines
The Praise of God Dracontius ~2,300 lines
The Praise or Emperor Avitus Sidonius ~600 lines
The Praise of Emperor Majorian Sidonius ~600 lines
The Praise of Emperor Anthemius Sidonius ~500 lines
The Praise of Emperor Consentius Sidonius ~500 lines
The Metabole Nonnus of Panopolis ~3,600 lines
The Dionysiaca Nonnus of Panopolis ~21,000 lines
The Alethia Claudius Victor ~2,000 lines
The Natalicia St. Paulinus of Nola ~5,100 lines
The Metrical Life of St. Martin Paulinus of Perigueux ~3,600 lines

500s

The Abduction of Helen [separate from the one by Dracontius] Collothus of Lycopolis ~400 lines
The Paraphrased Acts Arator ~2,300 lines
Spiritual History St. Avitus of Vienne ~2,600 lines
The Metrical Life of St. Martin [separate from the one by Paulinus, and more popular] Venantius Fortunatus ~2,200 lines
Hero and Leander Musaeus Grammaticus ~300 lines
Joseph the Beautiful (latin version) Anonymous ~800 lines
The Hymns of the Resurrection Romanos the Melodist ~1,900 lines
The Johannis Flavius Corippus ~4,700 lines

600s

The Heraclian Trilogy George of Pisidia ~2,200 lines
The Hexaemeron George of Pisidia ~1,800 lines
The Hexaemeron (this was mostly an adaptation of book 1 of Dracontius’s poem The Praise of God, with revisions and expansions) Eugenius II of Toledo ~600 lines
Beowulf Anonymous ~3,200 lines
In Praise of the Virgins St. Aldhelm ~2,900 lines

700s

The Metrical Life of St. Cuthbert St. Bede the Venerable ~1,000 lines
St. Guthlac A Anonymous ~800 lines
St. Guthlac B Anonymous ~500 lines
The Fathers of York Bl. Alcuin of York ~1,700 lines
The Metrical Life of St. Willibrord Bl. Alcuin of York ~500 lines
The Great Canon of Repentance St. Andrew of Crete ~1,400 lines
Verses on Jacob and Joseph Paulinus II of Aquileia ~400 lines
The Old English Genesis A Anonymous ~2,300 lines survive (the original was probably ~6,000 lines)
The Old English Exodus Anonymous ~600 lines survive (the original was probably ~800 lines)

800s

The Martyrology of Oengus St. Oengus of Tallaght ~2,400 lines
The Old English Daniel Anonymous ~800 lines
The Old Saxon Genesis Anonymous ~300 lines survive (the original was probably ~5,500 lines)
St. Elene Cynewulf ~1,300 lines
St. Juliana Cynewulf ~700 lines
The Exeter Christ Book Cynewulf and others ~1,700 lines
The Arabic Psalter Hafs ibn Albar al Quti ~5,500 lines
The Heliand Anonymous ~6,000 lines
The Gospel Book St. Otfrid ~7,100 lines
Walter of Acquitaine Gerald of Bavaria ~1,500 lines
The Life of St. Germain Heiric of Auxerre ~3,500 lines
Metrical Passion of St. Denis Hilduin of St. Denis ~2,000 lines
The Vision of Wetti Walafrid Strabo ~900 lines
Life of St. Amandus Milo of Saint-Amand ~1,800 lines
The Paderborn Epic St. Angilbert (probably) ~500 lines survive (the original was probably ~2,500 lines)
Wars of the City of Paris Abbo Cernuus ~1,300 lines
The Deeds of Charlemagne Poeta Saxo ~2,700 lines
The Praise of Louis the Pious Ermold the Black ~2,600 lines
The Metrical Life of Abbot Eigil of Fulda Candidus of Fulda ~1,800 lines

900s

Digenes Akritas Anonymous ~1,900 lines
The Old English Genesis B Anonymous ~600 lines survive (the original was probably ~5,500 lines – it was a translation of the Old Saxon Genesis)
The Triumphs of Christ Flodoard of Rheims ~20,000 lines
The Old English Judith Anonymous ~350 lines survive (the original was probably ~1,200 lines)
The Life of St. Pantaleon John Geometres ~1,000 lines
Maria Roswitha of Gandersheim ~1,000 lines
The Deeds of Otto Roswitha of Gandersheim ~800 lines (the original was ~1,500 lines)
The Martyrdom of St. Pelagius Roswitha of Gandersheim ~400 lines
The Capture of Crete Theodosios the Deacon ~1,000 lines
The Psalter of Quatrains Airbertach mac Cosse ~8,400 lines

1,000s

The Ruodlieb Anonymous ~2,300 lines survive (the original was probably ~4,000 lines)
The Ecbasis Captivi [The Escape of a Captive] Anonymous ~1,200 lines
The Passion of the Theban Saints Sigebert of Gembloux ~2,900 lines
The Metrical Life of St. Lucy Sigebert of Gembloux ~1,400 lines
Both Fulcoius of Beauvais ~4,700 lines
Neither Fulcoius of Beauvais ~3,500 lines
The Song of Roland Turoldus ~4,000 lines
Synopsis of the Holy Scriptures Michael Psellos ~1,400 lines
Gormond and Isembart Anonymous ~700 lines survive (the original was probably ~2,000 lines)
The Life of St. Alexi Anonymous ~1,000 lines
The Vienna Genesis Anonymous (Old High German) ~1,200 lines
The Deeds of Robert Guiscard William of Apulia ~2,200 lines
]]>Venato VerbaChapter 7 of the Life of Robin Hood2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:002026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00https://venatoverba.com/2026/08/12/chapter-seven-of-the-life-of-robin-hoodYesterday I released a recording of my recital of chapter 7 of my ongoing work, “The Life of Robin Hood.” Listen to it here:

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]]>Venato VerbaChapter 6 of the Life of Robin Hood2026-08-05T00:00:00+00:002026-08-05T00:00:00+00:00https://venatoverba.com/2026/08/05/chapter-six-of-the-life-of-robin-hoodYesterday I released a recording of my recital of chapter 6 of my ongoing work, “The Life of Robin Hood.” Listen to it here:

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