MEDIEVAL LATIN COMMENTARIES ON CLASSICAL AUTHORS
Organized by Shirley Werner, Rutgers University

[The panel as described in the Call for Papers]
The Medieval Latin Studies Group invites abstracts for its 1999 APA panel on medieval Latin commentaries on classical authors. Such commentaries constitute an important part of medieval scholarship. The panel will explore different aspects of this long tradition of exegesis and interpretation. Proposals on a variety of topics are welcome, and may include studies of the ongoing tradition of commentary on particular classical works or authors; of particular commentaries (published or unpublished); of the medieval scholia that were written in the margins of the manuscripts of classical authors, and served as a scribe's or reader's commentary; and of other kinds of writing, such as works on grammar, in which classical authors are discussed. Papers may consider the place of commentary within literary culture, in the schools, or in other social and historical contexts; or may explore theoretical and interpretive issues such as methodology, ideology, and literary criticism. The period covered is potentially wide; the panel encourages submissions that touch on the background of ancient and late antique commentary, as well as those dealing exclusively with medieval commentaries on the ancient authors.