Lecture: Caterina Tarlazzi

Abstract
This lecture (based on the teamwork carried out in the ERC-STG project "PolyphonicPhilosophy") focuses on the manuscripts of Latin logical commentaries ranging from ca. 1080 to 1200. This period of "joyful scholasticism" (F Rexroth) is—arguably—a very special one for studying philosophy clone "by hand" in the Latin World. Approximately 40 manuscripts (now scattered in libraries all around Europe) remain today to witness the logical commentaries. These manuscripts date roughly from the same period as the texts they transmit, allowing us to jump directly, so to speak, into the context in which these texts originated, especially the vibrant town schools of Northern France. Plain and simple in appearance, these are booklets with a tiny script and little-to-no decoration. But, below the surface, they hide a real "turmoil," which can be seen once manuscripts and texts are compared with each other, revealing complex interconnections and a variety of different voices. The lecture will first showcase such turmoil, before considering a case in which "below the surface" has to be taken quite literally.

Caterina Tarlazzi is Associate Professor in History of Medieval Philosophy at Ca' Foscari University, Venice, and the PI of the ERC Starting Grant "PolyphonicPhilosophy." Her research focuses especially on medieval philosophy in the Latin tradition (VI-XII centuries), and combines an interest in logic and metaphysics with the study of manuscripts and textual criticism.