UID:
almahu_9948615566302882
Format:
1 online resource (398 pages) :
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4 colour illustrations.
ISBN:
9781783745777
Content:
"The Bavarian Commentary and Ovid is the first complete critical edition and translation of the earliest preserved commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses. Today, Ovid's famous work is one of the touchstones of ancient literature, but we have only a handful of scraps and quotations to show how the earliest medieval readers received and discussed the poems-until the Munich Bayerische Staatsbibliothek clm 4610. This commentary, which dates from around the year 1100 is the first systematic study of the Metamorphoses, founding a tradition of scholarly study that extends to the present day. Despite its significance, this medieval commentary has never before been published or analysed as a whole. Böckerman's groundbreaking work includes a critical edition of the entire manuscript, together with a lucid English translation and a rigorous and stimulating introduction, which sets the work in its historical, geographical and linguistic contexts with precision and clarity while offering a rigorous analysis of its form and function. The Bavarian Commentary and Ovid is essential reading for academics concerned with the reception of Ovid or that of other ancient authors. It will also be of great interest for Classical scholars, those investigating medieval commentaries and media history, and for anyone intrigued to know more about how the work of Ovid has echoed through history."--Publisher's website.
Note:
"All translated passages from the Metamorphoses, if not otherwise stated, are from Metamorphoses: Books 1-8 and vol. 2 Books 9-15. Transl. Frank Justus Miller (revised by G.P. Goold) (Cambridge MA, 1977)"--Foot of unnumbered page 1.
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Available through Open Book Publishers.
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Based on the author's PhD thesis.
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Contents -- Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction / Robin Wahlsten Böckerman -- Part I. 2. The Fate of Ovid Until the Twelfth Century / Robin Wahlsten Böckerman ; 3. Situating the Commentary / Robin Wahlsten Böckerman ; 4. Form and Function / Robin Wahlsten Böckerman ; 5. Clm 4610 and the Commentary Tradition / Robin Wahlsten Böckerman ; General Conclusions: Clm 4610, Contexts and Connections / Robin Wahlsten Böckerman -- Part II. THE TEXT / Robin Wahlsten Böckerman ; Manuscript Description ; Editorial Principles ; Principles for the Translation ; Edition and Translation of clm 4610 / Robin Wahlsten Böckerman -- Appendix -- Bbliography -- Plates.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Excerpts from the Latin text with English translations.
Language:
English
URL:
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