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The Margarita poetica was one of the most popular
literary cribs of the Renaissance. It consists of selected
passages from classical + post classical writers
systematically arranged as models of both form +
content. The book opens with a subject index + an
index of proper names for easy reference.
Entitled Margarita Poetica in honor of the author's mother,
Margarete von Wolmershausen. It comprises instruction in the
writing of elegant letters + in eloquence generally. The text was
of selected passages from classical + contemporary poets
+ authors - Cicero, Virgil, Petrarch etc.