Texts and Contexts: Commentaries in Context

Servius teaching the pastoral arts, a miniature from the Georgics, France, 15th century
October 11, 2024
9:30AM - 5:00PM
Student-Alumni Council Room, The Ohio Union, 1739 N. High Street

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2024-10-11 09:30:00 2024-10-11 17:00:00 Texts and Contexts: Commentaries in Context Texts and Contexts: Commentaries in ContextTexts and Contexts is an annual seminar sponsored by the Center and held at the Ohio State University devoted to Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, incunables and early printed texts in Latin and the vernacular languages. The seminar also hosts the Virginia Brown Memorial Lecture, established in memory of the late Virginia Brown, who taught palaeography at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies for over 40 years. This year's seminar focuses on Medieval and Renaissance exegetical traditions and the contexts in which they flourished.October 11, 2024 - Student-Alumni Council Room, Ohio Union, 1739 N. High StreetSeminar organized by William Little (The Ohio State University)9:30 am – 10:00 am: Coffee, bagels, pastries, etc.10:00 am – 10:05 am: Opening remarks by Frank Coulson and William Little (Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies, The Ohio State University)10:05 am – 11:30 am: SESSION IModerator: Michael Meckler (Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies, The Ohio State University)Greti Dinkova-Bruun (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto): Peter Riga's Aurora and its ReadersPablo Piqueras Yagüe (Universidad de Murcia-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid): Searching for a Medieval Hispanic Commentary on Ovid's MetamorphosesLisa Ciccone (University of Zurich): Glosses as a Research Tool: the Thesaurus Glossarum et Commentariorum11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Break12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: SESSION IIModerator: Harald Anderson (George Washington University School of Business)David T. Gura (University of Notre Dame): Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae and Boccaccian Topography in 14th-Century ItalyRobert W. Ulery, Jr. (Emeritus, Wake Forest University) and Patricia J. Osmond (Iowa State University): Sallust in Late Medieval and Early Humanist France      Part I. Introducing and Annotating the Text (Robert W. Ulery, Jr.)      Part II. Translating Text into Image (Patricia J. Osmond)1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Lunch2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: SESSION IIIModerator: Anna A. Grotans (The Ohio State University)William Little (Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies): Wrangling in the Muses' Birdcage: Commenting on Juvenal in Rome ca. 1470-1475Julia Haig Gaisser (Eugenia Chase Guild Professor Emeritus of the Humanities, Bryn Mawr College): Filippo Beroaldo and Pierio Valeriano: Two Commentators and Their Audiences3:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Break4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Virginia Brown Memorial LectureIntroduction: Frank T. Coulson (Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies)Fabio Stok (University of Rome Tor Vergata): Commenting Virgil in the Fifteenth CenturyWith reception to follow. Student-Alumni Council Room, The Ohio Union, 1739 N. High Street America/New_York public

Texts and Contexts: Commentaries in Context

Texts and Contexts is an annual seminar sponsored by the Center and held at the Ohio State University devoted to Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, incunables and early printed texts in Latin and the vernacular languages. The seminar also hosts the Virginia Brown Memorial Lecture, established in memory of the late Virginia Brown, who taught palaeography at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies for over 40 years. This year's seminar focuses on Medieval and Renaissance exegetical traditions and the contexts in which they flourished.


October 11, 2024 - Student-Alumni Council Room, Ohio Union, 1739 N. High Street
Seminar organized by William Little (The Ohio State University)


9:30 am – 10:00 am: Coffee, bagels, pastries, etc.

10:00 am – 10:05 am: Opening remarks by Frank Coulson and William Little (Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies, The Ohio State University)


10:05 am – 11:30 am: SESSION I

Moderator: Michael Meckler (Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies, The Ohio State University)

Greti Dinkova-Bruun (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto): Peter Riga's Aurora and its Readers

Pablo Piqueras Yagüe (Universidad de Murcia-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid): Searching for a Medieval Hispanic Commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses

Lisa Ciccone (University of Zurich): Glosses as a Research Tool: the Thesaurus Glossarum et Commentariorum


11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Break


12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: SESSION II

Moderator: Harald Anderson (George Washington University School of Business)

David T. Gura (University of Notre Dame): Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae and Boccaccian Topography in 14th-Century Italy

Robert W. Ulery, Jr. (Emeritus, Wake Forest University) and Patricia J. Osmond (Iowa State University): Sallust in Late Medieval and Early Humanist France
      Part I. Introducing and Annotating the Text (Robert W. Ulery, Jr.)
      Part II. Translating Text into Image (Patricia J. Osmond)


1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Lunch


2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: SESSION III

Moderator: Anna A. Grotans (The Ohio State University)

William Little (Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies): Wrangling in the Muses' Birdcage: Commenting on Juvenal in Rome ca. 1470-1475

Julia Haig Gaisser (Eugenia Chase Guild Professor Emeritus of the Humanities, Bryn Mawr College): Filippo Beroaldo and Pierio Valeriano: Two Commentators and Their Audiences


3:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Break


4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Virginia Brown Memorial Lecture

Introduction: Frank T. Coulson (Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies)

Fabio Stok (University of Rome Tor Vergata): Commenting Virgil in the Fifteenth Century


With reception to follow.