This is a scholarly digital facsimile edition of the six Latin Comedies of the second-century B.C. Roman playwright Terence, as preserved in the 12c illustrated manuscript Oxford, Bodleian Library Auct. F. 2. 13. Each scene of the plays is preceded by an illustration; though based upon Late Antique and Carolingian models, the artists have 'modernised' the illustrations, recasting them in Romanesque style, in spite of the fact that underdrawings more faithful to those models are visible beneath the final images. Consequently, this edition will also contain an analysis of the relationship of the illustrations to the underdrawings, and reflections on the processes involved in this manuscript's complex preparation (involving the integration of text, scholia, underdrawings and models). Particular attention is paid to the relationship between O (the Oxford MS) and its closest relatives among the 'gamma' (illustrated) group of manuscripts, especially P and C. This digital facsimile edition will include the following features:

Viewing the Manuscript and Images

• Full-colour high resolution images of the entire manuscript
• High magnification of each image, allowing detailed viewing
• Simultaneous view of entire page and selected detail of the page
• Life-like magnifier, movable across the page, activated by clicking on the facsimile
• Images of the exterior of the manuscript
• Thumbnail views of the entire manuscript at a glance

Reading and Searching the Text

• Complete, hyperlinked transcription of the entire text of the manuscript
• Translation of each poem with hyperlinks to transcription and manuscript images
• Introductory essay, art-historical commentary, analysis of the scholia, and textual notes
• Global text-search facility, covering transcription, translation, introduction, bibliography and notes
• Search results linked to manuscript pages and transcription simultaneously