The Bavarian Commentary and Ovid : Clm 4610, the Earliest Documented Commentary on the Metamorphoses.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- Part I -- 2. The Fate of Ovid Until the Twelfth Century -- The Material Evidence -- Ovid and the Medieval Authors -- 3. Situating the Commentary -- Bavaria and the Holy Roman Empire -- Monasteries and Cathedrals -- The School Context -- 4. Form and Function -- Short Conceptual History of Medieval Commentary Terminology -- Terminology Used in This Book -- The Nature of the Commentary: What is clm 4610? -- The Language of the Commentary -- The accessus -- Function of the Commentary: Categories of Explanation -- The Commentary and its Focus on the Metamorphoses -- The Commentary and its Sources -- 5. Clm 4610 and the Commentary Tradition -- Marginal Commentaries in Early Metamorphoses Manuscripts: A Prehistory of clm 4610? -- The Twelfth-Century Commentaries on the Metamorphoses -- General Conclusions: Clm 4610, Contexts and Connections -- Part II: THE TEXT -- Manuscript Description -- Editorial Principles -- Principles for the Translation -- Edition and Translation of clm 4610 -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Plates.
The Bavarian Commentary and Ovid is the first complete critical edition and translation of the earliest preserved commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses.