pemThe Bavarian Commentary and Ovid emis the first complete critical edition and translation of the earliest preserved commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses. ppbrpp Today, Ovid's famous work is one of the touchstones of ancient literature, but we have only a handful of scraps and quotations to show how the earliest medieval readers received and discussed the poems-until theem Munich Bayerische Staatsbibliothek clm 4610em. This commentary, which dates from around the year 1100 is the first systematic study of the Metamorphoses, founding a tradition of scholarly study that extends to the present day. ppbrpp Despite its significance, this medieval commentary has never before been published or analysed as a whole. B ckerman's groundbreaking work includes a critical edition of the entire manuscript, together with a lucid English translation and a rigorous and stimulating introduction, which sets the work in its historical, geographical and linguistic contexts with precision and clarity while o