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Book SynopsisIn The Lyon Terence Giulia Torello-Hill and Andrew J. Turner take an unprecedented interdisciplinary approach to map out the influence of late-antique and medieval commentary and iconographic traditions over this seminal edition of the plays of Terence, published in Lyon in 1493, and examine its legacy. The work had a profound impact on the way Terence’s plays were read and understood throughout the sixteenth century, but its influence has been poorly recognised in modern scholarship. The authors establish the pivotal role that this book, and its editor Badius, played in the revitalisation of the theoretical understanding of classical comedy and in the revival of the plays of Terence that foreshadowed the establishment of early modern theatre in Italy and France.
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Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures Abbreviations Note on Illustrations and the Use of Electronic Resources Introduction 1 The Lyon Terence and Its Initial Impact 1.1 Contents and mise-en-page 1.2 Publishing in Lyon 1.3 Composition, Printing, and Distribution 2 Terence’s Plays: Commentary and Illustration from Manuscript to Print 2.1 Terence as an Educational Classic: Text and Commentary from Antiquity to Medieval and Renaissance Europe 2.2 The Development of Manuscript Illustrations of Terence 2.3 The Impact of New Learning and Technologies: Donatus and the Advent of Printing The Editor of the Lyon Terence: Jodocus Badius Ascensius 3.1 Badius 3.2 Early Life and Literary Career to 1493 3.2.1 Flanders and Brabant 3.2.2 Italy 3.2.3 Lyon 3.3 Later Career to 1502 4 Text and Commentary in Badius’ Three Editions of Terence 4.1 The 1491 Edition and Donatus 4.2 The Lyon Terence: the Commentary of Guy Jouenneaux and Badius’ Revisions 4.2.1 The Commentary Edition of Guy Jouenneaux 4.2.2 Badius’ Re-edition of Guy 4.3 The 1502 Terence and Its Sources 5 The Illustrative Programme of the 1493 Edition 5.1 Badius’ Appropriation of the Carolingian Tradition 5.2 Gestures in Medieval and Early Modern Culture 5.3 Carolingian Gestures 5.4 Non-Carolingian Gestures 5.4.1 Manly Gestures 5.4.2 Female Gestures 5.4.3 Affective Gestures 5.5 Characterization through Costuming 5.6 Gestures, Illustrations and Commentary Derivative of Donatus in the Lyon Terence 5.7 The Illustrator of the Lyon Terence Appendix: A Catalogue of Gestures 6 The Theatricality of the Lyon Terence 6.1 The Lyon Terence and Performance 6.2 Stage Design: the Lyon Terence and the Representation of Theatre Buildings 6.3 The Stage 6.4 Stage Conventions 6.4.1 Entrances and Exits 6.4.2 Asides, Eavesdropping, and Off-stage Scenes 6.5 Terence on Stage in Renaissance Italy and France 7 The Legacy of the Lyon Terence in the Sixteenth Century 7.1 Terence in Print in Late Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century 7.2 The Venetian Illustrated Editions of Terence of Lazzaro de’ Soardi 7.3 The Italian Illustrated Editions of the Sixteenth Century 7.4 The Influence of the Lyon Terence in Germany: the Illustrated Terence of Johann Grüninger and Its Tradition 7.5 The French Tradition of Terence after 1493 7.6 Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Index Locorum Index of Manuscripts Index of Subjects Concordance of Images in the Lyon Terence Illustrations
