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Theodore the Stoudite was one of the most influential Byzantine authors and ecclesiastical authorities, playing a prominent role in the defense of icons during the second period of the iconoclastic controversy (early ninth century). The present publication from the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library series translates for the first time into English three medieval Greek texts—the Life of Theodore of Stoudios by Michael the Monk, the Encyclical Letter of Naukratios, and the Translation and Burial of the Remains of Theodore of Stoudios and Joseph of

Traugott Lawler’s edition and translation of the thirteenth-century Parisiana poetria has been a valuable resource for scholars of medieval rhetoric and poetics since it was first published by Yale University Press over forty years ago. Now John of Garland’s uniquely comprehensive art of poetry and prose has been made available again, in an attractively produced and reasonably priced volume from the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (DOML) series. Thoroughly revised and updated, this new version of Lawler’s already excellent edition and

The Old English Pastoral Care, edited by R. D. Fulk, is a new edition and facing-page translation of the Old English version of Gregory the Great’s Regula pastoralis. The original Latin text is, in Fulk’s words, “an account of the qualities required of a bishop and of the best methods to be employed in dealing with the diverse sorts of people under a bishop’s care.” The Old English version, produced in the late ninth century, was distributed with a prefatory letter,

Die Reihe “Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library” veröffentlicht wichtige mittelalterliche Texte aus dem mittellateinischen, byzantinischen und altenglischen Bereich in Ausgaben der Originaltexte mit parallelen englischen Übersetzungen. Der Ende 2020 herausgegebene vorliegende 62. Band der Reihe stellt die Appendix Ovidiana dar. Wie die Herausgeber [Ralph Hexter, Laura Pfuntner, and Justin Haynes] in ihrer Einführung bemerken, sind sie sich dessen bewusst, dass es nie eine abgegrenzte Sammlung Appendix Ovidiana gegeben hat, wie es wohl seit der Spätantike eine mehr oder weniger stabile Sammlung

The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library is proud to participate in the virtual exhibits hall of the 57th annual International Congress on Medieval Studies, hosted by Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Everyone is invited to browse our virtual conference booth: no conference registration required! Use our online order form to get a 20% discount and free shipping in the US and Canada on all DOML volumes, including new titles: Biblical and Pastoral Poetry, by Alcimus Avitus, ed. and trans. Michael Roberts Animal Fables of

The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library is doing early medieval English studies proud with its oh-so-handsome editions and facing-page translations in affordable hardbacks, featuring clear print on nice paper with golden-brown covers and a built-in bookmark. The contents are as impressive as the volumes that contain them, with compact, thoughtful editions and readable translations undertaken by appropriate experts. It is noteworthy that the series is including not just Old English poetry but also a wide range of Old English prose, making