John of Garland, "Integumenta Ovidii": Text, Translation and Commentary

Authors

Kyle Gervais, University of Western OntarioFollow

Files

Document Type

Edition and/or Translation

Description

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. This important but difficult work has fascinated and challenged generations of modern students and scholars. The text is here edited and translated for the first time in 90 years, drawing on the evidence of over two dozen manuscripts. 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.

Publication Date

10-31-2022

Publisher

Medieval Institute Publications

City

Kalamazoo

ISBN

9781580445283

Keywords

commentary, Integumenta Ovidii, Allegories on Ovid

Disciplines

Language Interpretation and Translation | Medieval Studies

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Additional formats available:

Hardback: 9781580445276

Paperback: 9781580445269

Citation for Published Book

Gervais, Kyle., ed. and trans. John of Garland, Integumenta Ovidii. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2022.