![]() ![]() He detailed his discoveries in a new book, “‘Aulularia’ and Other Inversions of Plautus.”įontaine eventually tracked down the last existing copy of “Aulularia,” hidden away in the Copenhagen Library. “It was like looking for India and finding America – you don’t know what you’re looking for when you find it,” says Fontaine, associate professor of classics in the College of Arts and Sciences. While searching for the play, Fontaine stumbled upon a mention of another, unknown Burmeister play, “Aulularia” (“The Pot of Gold”). Michael Fontaine was on paternity leave and, wanting “a small project” to occupy him between baby duties, thought he’d write about “Mater-Virgo,” a 17th-century play by Lutheran pastor Joannes Burmeister, based on a work by the Roman playwright Plautus.īut the last known copy of the play was looted from the Berlin Library during World War II. ![]() ![]() Like many good mysteries, it began with innocent curiosity. ![]()
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