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This is a most welcome addition to the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (DOML), whose offerings in medieval Latin, Byzantine Greek, and Old English are now slowly being enriched by the multilingual cultures of medieval Iberia. The volume includes two versions of the peripatetic Apollonius legend: the thirteenth-century clerical poem Libro de Apolonio and the late fifteenth-century prose Vida e historia del rey Apolonio, which is a literal rendering of the Latin tale found in chapter 153 of the Gesta Romanorum.

Theodore of Stoudios (759–826) was one of the most significant figures in Byzantine history, eclipsing the influence of many of the emperors he sparred with in life. In an age hardly abounding in surviving material, his extant corpus is vast. That so much survives is due not just to Theodore’s undoubted erudition. It was also thanks to his works being carefully curated and his reputation as a champion of Orthodoxy repeatedly burnished, especially by his brethren at the great monastery

Byzantine literature enjoys growing popularity nowadays. However, certain areas or genres—such as proverbs and fables—still attract relatively little scholarly attention. A recently published translation of the Stephanites and Ichnelates may inspire more vigorous research on animal fables in the Byzantine period. This is a fascinating text, one of the medieval bestsellers. The Greek title is derived from two jackals, Stephanites and Ichnelates, who serve, at least in part, as the protagonists of the work. The significance of this translation lies

Producing out of the different [Old English] chronicles an accessible, coherent edition is a formidable challenge. Producing one in which the Old and modern English appear together doubly so. The editors of The Old English Chronicle have, in this initial volume, sensibly decided to offer a facing-page translation simply of the “A-text,” the annals’ oldest surviving version. Editorially, we are in the safest – and most distinguished – of hands. Their translation is predictably fluent; the accompanying introduction and explanatory

Roy M. Liuzza and Dumbarton Oaks have given the reading public the first complete translation of the first series of Ælfric of Eynsham’s Catholic Homilies in almost two hundred years. This bare fact alone makes this an exciting publication for anyone interested in Old English literature and Benedictine culture. Liuzza, a prolific scholar and writer himself, has provided a clear and helpful volume for anyone interested in monastic culture in the medieval West, early medieval England generally, or the Church’s

The Moralized Ovid by Pierre Bersuire, edited and translated by Frank T. Coulson and Justin Haynes and published by Harvard University Press in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, represents a monumental contribution to the field of medieval literature and the study of Ovidian reception in the Middle Ages and early modern world. Overall, Coulson and Hayne’s work is a remarkable achievement in editing and translation. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersections of classical and medieval literature, medieval