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John of Garland's 'Integumenta Ovidii'

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John of Garland wrote Integumenta Ovidii (Allegories on Ovid) in early C13th Paris at a time of renewed interest in Classical Latin literature. This edition presents the Latin text with facing-page...
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The renowned scholar-poet John of Garland wrote the Integumenta Ovidii (“Allegories on Ovid”) in early thirteenth-century Paris at a time of renewed interest in Classical Latin literature. In this short poem, John offers a series of dense, highly allusive allegories on various Greek and Roman myths in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The text is here edited and translated for the first time in 90 years, drawing on the evidence of over two dozen manuscripts. The edition presents the original Latin text with facing-page modern English translation. Comprehensive explanatory notes help readers to understand John’s condensed allegories in their medieval context. Textual notes discuss the various difficulties in the transmitted text of the poem, and offer several improvements on the texts of the older editions.

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Price: £66.50
Pages: 220
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Imprint: Medieval Institute Publications
Series: TEAMS Secular Commentary Series
Publication Date: 21 October 2022
ISBN: 9781580445276
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:

LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval

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Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Integumenta Ovidii
Explanatory Notes
Notes on the Text
Bibliography