Ralph Hanna is Professor of Palaeography (Emeritus) and Emeritus Fellow at Keble College, Oxford. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow, former Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute (Harvard University), and winner of the British Academy Sir Israel Gollancz Prize for English Language 2015. His many books with Liverpool University Press include John Ridewall, Fulgentius metaforalis (2023), Looking at Medieval Books: Learning to See (2023), Robert Holcot, exegete (2021) and Malachy the Irishman, On Poison (2020).

‘Hanna makes the case for a more extensive, albeit anonymous, circulation of Ridewall’s work than previously has been envisaged; it enjoyed, he claims, a measure of pan-European success. Now we have Ridewall’s entire text along with a highly readable English translation. Much credit is due to Hanna for having provided a long-desired edition, which will enable a fuller understanding of the development of mythographic interpretation in the later Middle Ages.’ Alastair Minnis, Medium Ævum

• AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroductionThe author: on John RidewallThe Fulgencius and its disseminationThe use and influence of the textConstructing Fulgencius: Ridewall's libraryEditing Fulgencius metaforalisAppendix: notes on the manuscriptsBibliographyFulgencius metaforalis: The textBook 11 Idolatry2 Saturn/Prudence3 Jupiter/Love and Friendship4 Juno/Memory5 Neptune/Intelligence 6 Pluto/Foresight7 Apollo/Truth8 Phaeton/Ambition 9 Mercury/Eloquence10 Danae/Modesty and Women's Greed11 Ganymede/Sodomy12 Perseus/Courage13 Alceste/Marital ContinenceBook 21 Paris/Injustice 2 Minerva/Contemplative Life3 Juno/Worldly Life4 Venus/The Life of PleasureAppendix: Two inserted discussionsTextual notesThe A tabulaA brief commentaryIndexesBiblical referencesFontes

Ralph Hanna is Professor of Palaeography (Emeritus) and Emeritus Fellow at Keble College, Oxford. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow, former Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute (Harvard University), and winner of the British Academy Sir Israel Gollancz Prize for English Language 2015. His many books with Liverpool University Press include John Ridewall, Fulgentius metaforalis (2023), Looking at Medieval Books: Learning to See (2023), Robert Holcot, exegete (2021) and Malachy the Irishman, On Poison (2020).

‘Hanna makes the case for a more extensive, albeit anonymous, circulation of Ridewall’s work than previously has been envisaged; it enjoyed, he claims, a measure of pan-European success. Now we have Ridewall’s entire text along with a highly readable English translation. Much credit is due to Hanna for having provided a long-desired edition, which will enable a fuller understanding of the development of mythographic interpretation in the later Middle Ages.’ Alastair Minnis, Medium Ævum

• AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroductionThe author: on John RidewallThe Fulgencius and its disseminationThe use and influence of the textConstructing Fulgencius: Ridewall's libraryEditing Fulgencius metaforalisAppendix: notes on the manuscriptsBibliographyFulgencius metaforalis: The textBook 11 Idolatry2 Saturn/Prudence3 Jupiter/Love and Friendship4 Juno/Memory5 Neptune/Intelligence 6 Pluto/Foresight7 Apollo/Truth8 Phaeton/Ambition 9 Mercury/Eloquence10 Danae/Modesty and Women's Greed11 Ganymede/Sodomy12 Perseus/Courage13 Alceste/Marital ContinenceBook 21 Paris/Injustice 2 Minerva/Contemplative Life3 Juno/Worldly Life4 Venus/The Life of PleasureAppendix: Two inserted discussionsTextual notesThe A tabulaA brief commentaryIndexesBiblical referencesFontes

Ralph Hanna is Professor of Palaeography (Emeritus) and Emeritus Fellow at Keble College, Oxford. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow, former Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute (Harvard University), and winner of the British Academy Sir Israel Gollancz Prize for English Language 2015. His many books with Liverpool University Press include John Ridewall, Fulgentius metaforalis (2023), Looking at Medieval Books: Learning to See (2023), Robert Holcot, exegete (2021) and Malachy the Irishman, On Poison (2020).

‘Hanna makes the case for a more extensive, albeit anonymous, circulation of Ridewall’s work than previously has been envisaged; it enjoyed, he claims, a measure of pan-European success. Now we have Ridewall’s entire text along with a highly readable English translation. Much credit is due to Hanna for having provided a long-desired edition, which will enable a fuller understanding of the development of mythographic interpretation in the later Middle Ages.’ Alastair Minnis, Medium Ævum

• AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroductionThe author: on John RidewallThe Fulgencius and its disseminationThe use and influence of the textConstructing Fulgencius: Ridewall's libraryEditing Fulgencius metaforalisAppendix: notes on the manuscriptsBibliographyFulgencius metaforalis: The textBook 11 Idolatry2 Saturn/Prudence3 Jupiter/Love and Friendship4 Juno/Memory5 Neptune/Intelligence 6 Pluto/Foresight7 Apollo/Truth8 Phaeton/Ambition 9 Mercury/Eloquence10 Danae/Modesty and Women's Greed11 Ganymede/Sodomy12 Perseus/Courage13 Alceste/Marital ContinenceBook 21 Paris/Injustice 2 Minerva/Contemplative Life3 Juno/Worldly Life4 Venus/The Life of PleasureAppendix: Two inserted discussionsTextual notesThe A tabulaA brief commentaryIndexesBiblical referencesFontes