
The Vulgate Commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses
Book 1
Medieval Institute Publications (Publisher)
Published on 12. November 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
238 pages
978-1-58044-202-2 (ISBN)
Description
Composed around 1250 by an unknown author in the region of Orleans, the Vulgate Commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses is the most widely disseminated and reproduced medieval work on Ovid's epic compendium of classical mythology and materialist philosophy. This commentary both preserves the rich store of twelfth-century glossing on the Metamorphoses and incorporates new material of literary interest, while the marginal glosses in many respects reflect the scholar interests of an early thirteenth-century schoolmaster. The Vulgate Commentary is always transmitted as a series of interlinear and marginal glosses surrounding the text manuscript, whereas other earlier commentaries were independent of a full text of the poem. The Vulgate Commentary exercised a wide-ranging influence on the understanding and presentation of Ovid's Metamorphoses in the High Middle Ages and Renaissance, and the commentary exists in both French and Italian manuscripts.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
1 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
422 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58044-202-2 (9781580442022)
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Frank T. Coulson is a Professor in the Department of Greek and Latin at the Ohio State University where he serves as Director of Palaeography in the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies.
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Content
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Metamorphoses, Translation of Book 1
The Vulgate Commentary
Notes to the Vulgate Commentary
Textual Problems
Select Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations
Introduction
Metamorphoses, Translation of Book 1
The Vulgate Commentary
Notes to the Vulgate Commentary
Textual Problems
Select Bibliography
Index