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Book SynopsisTerence between Late Antiquity and the Age of Printing investigates the Medieval and Early Renaissance reception of Terence in highly innovative ways, combining the diverse but interrelated strands of textual criticism, illustrative tradition, and performance. The plays of Terence seem to have remained unperformed until the Renaissance, but they were a central text for educators in Western Europe. Manuscripts of the plays contained scholarship and illustrations which were initially inspired by Late Antique models, and which were constantly transformed in response to contemporary thought. The contributions in this work deal with these topics, as well as the earliest printed editions of Terence, theatrical revivals in Northern Italy, and the readership of Terence throughout the Early Middle Ages.
Table of ContentsContents Preliminary Matter Preface List of Figures List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Chapter 1: Introduction Text and Images Chapter 2: Bernard J. Muir, “Terence’s Comedies: Development, Transmission, and Transformation” Chapter 3: Beatrice Radden-Keefe, “Illustrating the Manuscripts of Terence” Chapter 4: James H. Kim On Chong-Gossard, “Thais Walks the German Streets: Text, Gloss, and Illustration in Neidhart’s 1486 German Edition of Terence’s Eunuchus” Scholarship Chapter 5: Salvatore Monda, “Terence Quotations in Latin Grammarians: Shared and Distinguishing Features” Chapter 6: Andrew J. Turner, “Problems with the Terence Commentary Traditions: The Oedipus Scholion in BnF, lat. 7899” Text and Performance Chapter 7: Chrysanthi Demetriou, “Donatus’ Commentary: The Reception of Terence’s Performance” Chapter 8: Gianni Guastella, “Ornatu prologi: Terence’s Prologues on the Stage/on the Page” Chapter 9: Giulia Torello-Hill, “The Revival of Classical Roman Comedy in Renaissance Ferrara: From the Scriptorium to the Stage” Readerships Chapter 10: Claudia Villa, “Terence’s Audience and Readership in the Ninth to Eleventh Centuries” Bibliography
