Luca Hollenborg

This project focuses on the 1510 edition of Walahfrid Strabo Hortulus by the humanist Joachim Vadianus. The edition, printed in Vienna, is exceptional in two ways: 1) the manuscript on which it is based is known and survives in the Vatican library; 2) despite the overwhelming interest of humanist printers in classical Latin texts, this printed edition (reprinted in 1512) contains a didactic poem by a 9th-century abbot. This study exploits the rare opportunity to compare the manuscript copy-text with the printed copy to calibrate the formal re-mediation: how do the texts compare, and just as importantly, how do para-texts, mise-en-page, and illustration? It also asks why this text was selected (who funded it? who bought it?), and what comparisons can be drawn with other early medieval poets who made it into print (e.g., Hrosvitha).