research

interests

Medieval commentary traditions, Latin and Greek paleography, the codicology of classical reception, Latin textual criticism.

research profile

My primary research focuses on the commentary traditions surrounding the works of Ovid in the Middle Ages. The Ovidian commentaries of Arnulf of Orléans and the Auctor iste Commentator are my major, long-term projects. Currently, I am also researching the Medieval and Renaissance commentaries on Claudian’s De raptu Proserpinae in addition to the grammatical and allegorical commentaries on the Metamorphoses by Arnulf of Orléans, the 12th-c. school master at St. Euverte. More broadly, I am particularly interested in what the manuscript formats can tell us about the use of various commentaries. The manuscript context of each commentary–whether grammatical gloss, allegorical exposition, integument, versification, or prose paraphrase–is essential to the understanding of the commentary, its utilitarian tradition, and ultimately should inform editorial principles when preparing a critical edition.

As Curator of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Notre Dame, my secondary research interests are dictated by the collections in the Hesburgh Library. At present, I am preparing a descriptive catalogue of the collection's Byzantine manuscripts, as well as articles on various codicological, paleographical, and text critical topics dealing with the collection's western manuscripts and fragments.