The Ovid Project: Metamorphosing the Metamorphoses
Hope Greenberg, Humanities Computing Specialist, University of Vermont
The importance of such classical authors as Ovid to the art, music, and literature of western
civilization is legendary, yet many are not familiar with the original works that have provided this
inspiration. The University of Vermont's rare book department contains an extensive collection of
illustrated works of Ovid. Included are several editions of engravings by the 17th century German
artist, Johann Wilhelm Baur, depicting 150 scenes from the Metamorphoses. Each scene has a
brief description in both Latin and German.
The Ovid Project begins with the digitization of the Baur engravings. It
will include transliterations and translations of the accompanying texts.
The project will continue with other Ovid holdings as well as a global
invitation to scholars to comment on and add articles to the project.
Links to related projects will be built in making this an experiment in
Web-wide collaboration.
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The Images: 1703 Baur
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catalog, LUIS, to search for other Ovid holdings
The Ovid Project is hosted by the University of Vermont and is edited by