Book as Bibliotheca
The Emergence of the Commented Edition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10765871 |
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| Authors | Sinéad O’Sullivan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 365-403 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Speculum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-7134 • E-ISSN: 2040-8072 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/734661 |
| OpenAlex | W4408932065 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
Since the pioneering research of Louis Holtz and Margaret Gibson, questions have remained about the evolution and significance of a new design in early medieval manuscripts, variously referred to as the “commented edition” or “integrated glossed page.” In this paper I argue that the arrangement of commentary on a central text in columnar format was a codicological innovation crystallizing in Carolingian centers. For the evolution of the design, I chart longstanding experiments in the integration of text and commentary, demonstrating that Carolingian sponsorship was crucial. I set the new design firmly in the contexts of literacy, libraries, and book and biblical culture
Classics · History · Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Renaissance Literature and Culture
On the History of Latin Scholia
The Carolingians and the Written Word
The Carolingian Renewal in Early Medieval Europe Through Hrabanus Maurus's Commentary on Matthew
Wendepunkte , Again, and Early Medieval Biblical Studies
Unveiling the Sources of the Glosses to the Third Book of the Bella Parisiacae urbis by Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The Commentary on Genesis of Claudius of Turin and Biblical Studies under Louis the Pious
Translating Homeric scholia
Historical Evidence for Calligraphic Activity in Vercelli from St. Eusebius to Atto
The Empress Engelberge
Glossing Vergil and Pagan Learning in the Carolingian Age
Another chapter in the history of scholia
A Chapter In The History of Scholia
Greek Commentaries
| Highly cited | No |
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