METAMORPHOSES: ALLEGORY IN EARLY MEDIEVAL COMMENTARIES ON OVID AND APULEIUS

Discusses medieval commentaries on Ovid and Apuleius. Commentaries on Ovid's "Metamorphoses" comprise the earliest surviving extensive commentary from the last quarter of the 11th century; a reflection on a handful of verses by the 12th-century writer Alan of Lille; and Arnulf of Orleans' commentary from the mid-12th century. An "accessus" copied into the margins of a 14th-century Italian manuscript concentrates on "De Magia" and "Metamorphoses" by Apuleius. (Quotes from original text)