David T. Gura will give the opening lecture for the University of Notre Dame Winter School in Latin Paleography and Codicology, which will be held at the Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway campus from January 7 to 17, 2020. In collaboration with the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (BAV), the course introduces participants to various aspects of Latin paleography and Western codicology, offering a balance of theoretical and practical applications. Gura’s lecture will address the medieval reception of Ovid’s Metamorphoses and its manuscript context.

Gura is curator of ancient and medieval manuscripts in the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame and associate professor of paleography in Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute.

The lecture will be held in English.