![]() The core of this thesis is found in part II. These earliest witnesses, however, have in large been neglected. From the late twelfth century onwards there appear an increasing amount of commentaries on the work, which have received some attention in the scholarly world. These commentaries are, as far as we know, the first in burgeoning trend of commenting on the Metamorphoses. These commentaries, which seem to have been produced in the monastic environment in Bavaria, are the earliest witnesses to the reception of the Metamorphoses during the middle ages. ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to the manuscripts transmitting the text itself two commentaries on the work dated to around 1100 are extant. From the period before 1100 the Metamorphoses is preserved in only a handful of manuscripts. Ovid came upon the medieval literary scene surprisingly late compared to many of the other ancient authors. This, however, has not always been the case. ![]() Ovid’s Metamorphoses is today one of the most well-known works of literature from ancient Rome. The aim of this thesis is to explore the earliest known commentary on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, extant in the manuscript clm 4610, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, and thus to shed some light on the early reception on the Metamorphoses. 2016 (English) Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic) Abstract ![]()
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