El poema «In refectorio» de Martín de Braga: ¿Un "ready-made" literario?

Abstract

This paper analyzes the poem In refectorio (CPL 1087) by Martin of Braga (c. 515-579 AD) from a philological, literary and aesthetic point of view. This short piece has a striking peculiarity: almost 8 of its 10 verses are taken unchanged from Sidonius Apollinaris’ carm. 17, written around one century before. The few «original» passages combine several Sidonian terms (borrowed from the same poem) with strong intertextual echos of Sedulius’ Carmen paschale (CPL 1447). This study explores the meaning of such an unusual modus operandi, surprisingly similar to that of postmodern ready-mades.