{"product_id":"john-ridewall-fulgentius-metaforalis-ralph-hanna-9781836245209","title":"John Ridewall, Fulgentius Metaforalis","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Ridewall's \u003cem\u003eFulgencius metaforalis\u003c\/em\u003e is a moralising commentary on Fulgentius's sixth-century \u003cem\u003eMitologiae\u003c\/em\u003e, an introduction to the classical gods and their stories. Composed in Oxford in the 1330s and subject to almost immediate local (and broader English) use, the work was a pan-European success, and more than 100 manuscripts preserve Ridewall's text in some form. \u003cem\u003eFulgencius metaforalis\u003c\/em\u003e has been edited before, nearly a century ago, by a great medievalist, Hans Liebeschütz; he, however, did not recognise that the manuscript he presented was a fragment, containing only about one-third of the whole. This volume provides Ridewall's entire text, as usually communicated, with a translation. In addition, it contains a substantial introduction; this outlines various difficulties in the transmission of Fulgencius and evidence for the work's extensive medieval reception. Annotation to the text identifies and indexes Ridewall's sources - most of his mythographic knowledge reflects either Remigius of Auxerre's commentary on Martianus Capella or the Third Vatican Mythographer; and offers one manuscript tabula\/index, useful for seeing how readers may have accessed the work piecemeal (by manuscript consultation, not, as frequently claimed, as a set of 'memory diagrams').\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Hanna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1836245203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836245209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d","brand":"Ralph Hanna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611829780735,"sku":"9781836245209","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be01c55c-9c2d-4161-92ad-da7060cb9eb7.jpg?v=1764516347","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/john-ridewall-fulgentius-metaforalis-ralph-hanna-9781836245209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}