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I have that book. It's a history and document analysis of the surviving manuscripts, and goes into detail studying scholia and marginalia with a view to understanding how Renaissance readers like Montaigne were receiving the poem as they read it. It's a great book, for the information it contains, and Greenblatt cited Ada Palmer's work pre-publication. Many readers will find it rather dry compared to the The Swerve, which continues to be a favorite of mine. I mentioned it to Cassius Sunday eveni…

That being said, please do report back with your impressions! I might be thinking of a video where Greenblatt cites Ada Palmer and not his book, but either way he holds her work in high regard.

Speaking of manuscripts, I watched this video on the digitization of the Venetus A manuscript of the Iliad and found it really fascinating. It's amazing how many different specialists it takes to undergo this kind of project.

That clears that up! Thank you, I was trying to work out how he could have managed that.

Thank you, Cleveland Okie !