THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE Edited by RALPH J. HEXTER AND DAVID TOWNSEND OXEORD UNIVERSITY PRESS The ti repres study the Mi gather but shi literar; literati in hist< to this scholai idly illi wide ra ity, litei of conte materia same til ties for 1 open-en of medit approacl dieval L an essen ancient \ after-life complex* scholars ditions, a delving n more-thai tween the and what Ralph J. tive Vice I Professor i Literature Davis. David To eval Studit of Toronto. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford University Press, Int., publishes works that further Oxford University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dares Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2012 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or Transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Oxford handbook of medieval Latin literature/edited by Ralph |. Hexter and David Townsend. p. cm, Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-539401-6 1. Latin philology, Medieval and modern. 2. Latin literature, Medieval and modem—History and criticism. 3. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) I. Hexter, Ralph L, 1952- IL Townsend, David, 1955- || — |-j_ PA2025.09 4 2012 421--fL 87O.9OO3-lic22 2OIIOI4667 ■ Masarykoi/s Univerzita FllozoflCka faklllta. 1 Imhrini bnlhnunB Pffr.e Sign Syst.e. 135798642 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Contents Contributors ix Preface xi Ralph f. Hexter and David Townsend Abbreviations xix Part I. Framing the Field: Problematics and Provocations 1. The Current Questions and Future Prospects of Medieval Latin Studies 3 David Townsend 2. Canonicity 25 Ralph J. Hexter Part II. Latinity as Cultural Capital 3. Latin as an Acquired Language 47 Carin Ruff 4. Latin as a Language of Authoritative Tradition 63 Ryan Szpiech 5. The Cultures and Dynamics of Translation into Medieval Latin 86 Thomas E. Burman 6. Regional Variation: The Case of Scandinavian Latin 106 Karsten Friis-Jensen 7. The Idea of Latinity 124 Nicholas Watson contents contents jronto. Part III. Manuscript Culture and the Materiality of Latin Texts 8. Readers and Manuscripts 151 Andrew Taylor 9. Gloss and Commentary 171 Rita Copeland 10. Location, Location, Location: Geography, Knowledge, and the Creation of Medieval Latin Textual Communities 192 Ralph J. Hexter Part IV. Styles and Genre 11. Prose Style 217 Gregory Hays 12. Verse Style 239 Jean-Yves Tilliette [translatedfrom French] 13. Crossing Generic Boundaries 265 A. G. Rigg 14. Textual Fluidity and the Interaction of Latin and the Vernacular Languages 284 Brian Murdoch PartV. Systems of Knowledge 15. Martianus Capella and the Liberal Arts 307 Andrew Hicks 16. Learned Mythography: Plato and Martianus Capella 335 Winthrop Wetherbee 17. Biblical Thematics: The Story of Samson in Medieval Literary Discourse 356 Greti Dinkova-Bruun 18. The Language, Form, and Performance of Monophonic Liturgical Chants 376 Susan Boynton and Margot Fassler Part VI. Medieval Latin and the Fashioning of the Self 19. Regimens of Schooling 403 Mia Munster-Swendsen 20. Gender 423 Sylvia Parsons and David Townsend 21. Sex and Sexuality 447 Larry Scanlon 22. Medieval Latin Spirituality: Seeking Divine Presence 465 Anne L. Clark 23. Modes of Self-Writing from Antiquity to the Later Middle Ages 485 Gur Zak Part VII. Periodizations 24. Late Antiquity, New Departures 509 Marco Formisano 25. Renaissances and Revivals 535 Monika Otter 26. Humanism and Continuities in the Transition to the Early Modern 553 Ronald G. Witt 27. Medieval Latin Texts in the Age of Printing 573 Paolo Chiesa [translated from Italian] 28. Medieval Latin in Modern English: Translations from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day 593 Jan M. Ziolkowski Chronology of Medieval Authors 615 Index of Personal Names and Titles 625 Index of Selected Topics and Places 633