The Project

Launched in 2002, the Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations series pursues an ambitious goal: to build a library of medieval Latin texts, with English translations, from the period roughly between 500 and 1500, which will represent the whole breadth and variety of medieval civilization. Thus, the series is open to all subjects and genres, ranging from poetry and history through philosophy, theology, and rhetoric to treatises on natural science. It will include, as well, medieval Latin versions of Arabic and Hebrew works. Placing these texts side by side, rather than dividing them in terms of the boundaries of contemporary academic disciplines, will, we hope, contribute to a better understanding of the complex coherence and interrelatedness of the many facets of medieval written culture.

"Those are lofty goals and the volumes published so far have met them admirably. The lack of readily accessible, complete, yet affordable editions of so many medieval Latin texts has long compounded their obscurity for the modern student and kept them from finding a home in the modern classroom. The series is, in sum, a calculated response to precisely that problem. With its first five publications, it has managed to produce inexpensive paperback editions and translations of hard-to-find texts without compromising rigorous expert scholarship. ... The Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations series is a welcome and promising scholarly development."

Scott DeGregorio in vol. 81, no. 2 (April 2006): 558-60