The chapters in this book reflect on the special status of marginalia as an object of historical-philosophical interpretation and critical editions. They examine the practices of reading and writing from which this text form and the diversity of its purposes and contexts emerged. The focus is on the Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew philosophical traditions of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

The chapters in this book reflect on the special status of marginalia as an object of historical-philosophical interpretation and critical editions. They examine the practices of reading and writing from which this text form and the diversity of its purposes and contexts emerged. The focus is on the Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew philosophical traditions of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.