f “Lire Ovide au XIIe siècle: Arnoul d’Orléans, commentateur des Métamorphoses”

Arnoul d’Orléans’ commentary on Ovid’s Metamorphoses consists of an accessus to the work of the Latin author on the one hand, and of the interpretation he gives of each fable in the Allegoriae super Metamorphosin on the other. This commentary paves the way for the moral interpretation of Metamorphoses around the mid-twelfth century. The interpretation in allegorical, historical and, above all, moral keys Arnoul gives of Ovid’s fables allows him to reveal the integumentum, the true writing intentions of the Latin auctor, namely, the will to edify his readers by showing them the divine punishment of vices, the eternal struggle between vice and virtue and the value of a virtuous life.