IMC 2004: Sessions
Session 224: The Medieval Ovid(s)
Monday 12 July 2004, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Centre for Palaeographical Studies, Ohio State University |
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Organiser: | Frank T. Coulson, Department of Greek & Latin, Ohio State University |
Moderator/Chair: | Frank T. Coulson, Department of Greek & Latin, Ohio State University |
Paper 224-a | Moral Ambiance and Ambivalence in Bersuire'sOvidius moralizatus (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 224-b | Reading Ovid in Late Medieval England: The Evidence from the Monasteries (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 224-c | Thomas Walsingham's Readings of Ovid (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Abstract | Ovid's Metamorphoses was a significant school text in the High Middle Ages. This session examines Ovidian influence in France and England through a detailed examination of Bersuire's Ovidius Moralizatus and Thomas Walsingham's allegorical interpretation. Bersuire's text was the most widely dissminated commentary on Ovid and remained influential down to 1530. Walsingham and his circle (including John Seward) were important classizing friars. Their seminal role as transmitters of classical literature in later fourteenth and early fifteenth-century England has recently been highlighted by James Clark who will speak in this session. |