Secundus entre las flores del Vergel

Abstract

This paper aims at studying the survival of Secundus (known as «The Taciturn», a contemporary of Hadrian) in the Viridiarium consolationis of Jacobus of Benevento (d. circa 1271). The Viridiarium, first published in 1880 taking the 1Sth-Century Montecassino 207 manuscript as its basis, mentions Secundus's opinions with regard to women and to friendship and proves that, in some cases, there is hesitation regarding the identification of the author as Secundus. References to the philosopher in the Romance versions of the Viridiarium (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and the Vaudois language) are also examined.