Author Description

"As part of its scholarly activity, S.I.S.M.E.L. (Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino = The International Society for the Study of the Latin Middle Ages) produces C.A.L.M.A., the Compendium Auctorum Latinorum Medii Aevi, a comprehensive bibliography of the Latin writings of medieval and Renaissance authors whose works fall within the millennium between the late fifth century and the first third of the sixteenth, in effect, between Boethius and Erasmus. Founded by Michael Lapidge and the late Claudio Leonardi, and now edited by Michael Lapidge and Francesco Santi, C.A.L.M.A. is designed to serve as a complete bibliography of medieval and humanist authors. Although various bibliographical reference-works exist for specialized disciplines (e.g. medicine) or for various religious orders (e.g. Franciscans), C.A.L.M.A. is the only reference-work which attempts coverage of all Latin authors in all disciplines and all religious orders. For each author C.A.L.M.A. provides the following information: first, a general bibliography (BIBL.GEN.) listing biographical and cultural studies on the author and his/her milieu, in the order of their date of publication. Under this heading are included references to entries in the relevant medieval encyclopedias (e.g. Lexikon des Mittelalters) and literary histories (e.g. Manitius), plus all relevant articles and monographs on the author; then follows a list of the author's individual works (including works of doubtful authenticity), in alphabetical order. C.A.L.M.A. is the result of cooperation between a number of European and North American scholars based in various universities: Barcelona, Cambridge, Cassino, Columbus (OH), Florence, Freiburg i.Br., Genoa, Geneva, Milan, Paris, Perugia, Pisa, Rome, Sassari, and Valladolid. Entries compiled by these various scholars are overseen and edited to a standard format by editors in the two principal centres of redaction, Cambridge and Florence. Each volume of C.A.L.M.A. con