Outreach Activities by Alessia Berardi

Research paper thumbnail of E. Brilli, G. Ferzoco, N. Terpstra, with the collaboration of N. Ruansgri and A. Martignoni (eds), Toronto Salutes Dante (University of Toronto, 2021).
Commemorating the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, Toronto Salutes Dante featur... more Commemorating the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, Toronto Salutes Dante features more than thirty Canada-based guests who read Dante’s Inferno in various languages, several for the first time. In addition to ten different Italian dialects, there are represented Anishinaabemowin, Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Farsi, French, German, Latin, Mandarin, Portuguese, Québécois, Russian, Sanskrit, Slovak, Spanish, Stoney Nakoda, Swedish, Thai, and Ukrainian. In 15-minute clips, well-known personalities of the Canadian public and cultural life, professors, and Candidates at the University of Toronto, and members of the Italo-Canadian community share their voices and fresh memories of the most important Italian author in world literature. Listen to Dante’s Inferno as you have never heard it before on the Department of Italian Studies’ YouTube channel from March 25th to June 2021.
From an original idea of Elisa Brilli, George Ferzoco, and Nicholas Terpstra, and thanks to the invaluable work of Alice Martignoni and Nattapol Ruangsri (Research Assistants). Sponsored by the Department of Italian Studies, the Emilio Goggio Chair in Italian Studies at the University of Toronto, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Toronto, and Villa Charities.
With the participation of (alphabetical order):
A. Andrée (Professor, Centre for Medieval Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/c7KNumdnWfU
M. Atwood (Writer and UofT Alumna) https://youtu.be/Dck_Medf07Q
S. Bancheri (Professor, Italian Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/nFHIbUxs2JY
S. Bazzichetto (Uoft Alumnus) https://youtu.be/dCwIMv4DswQ
A. Berardi (Ph.D. Candidate, Centre for Medieval Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/LESNnTr6eg4
E. Brilli (Professor, Italian Studies & Centre for Medieval Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/abdojdHQBo4
A.L. Clarkson (Journalist and Stateswoman, and former Governor General of Canada) https://youtu.be/CmyAKJbUsto
B. Daigneault (Ph.D. Candidate, Centre for Medieval Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/KJaGDS9iSTA
C. Dignard (Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish and Portuguese, UofT) https://youtu.be/1LxCv8mTCto
G. Dinkova-Bruun (Professor, Pontifical Institute) https://youtu.be/Hm4FvkFAAVc
K. Eisenbichler (Emeritus, UofT) https://youtu.be/8zKdgyaHnOk
E. Ferranti (Director Candidate Life, Massey College) https://youtu.be/tszX6lSRgfg
G. Ferzoco (Professor, University of Calgary) https://youtu.be/OGpWK_4wNg0
T. Fimognari (Undergraduate Candidate, UofT) https://youtu.be/cLcCaekbyP4
T. Fox (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Calgary & Translator and Reader in Stoney Nakoda) https://youtu.be/Dck_Medf07Q
P. Frascà (Professor, Italian Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/p9ylx9xev_0
S. Galli (Ph.D. Candidate, Italian Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/jQPPIWph_o8 
A. Graheli (Professor, Historical Studies & Language Studies, UTM) https://youtu.be/Xi388PgrhiU
M. Jamali (Ph.D. Candidate, Italian Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/GXG-3txDbdE
P. King (Professor, Philosophy & Centre for Medieval Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/tOWRHgrwE14
A. Manguel (Writer) https://youtu.be/Dck_Medf07Q
A. Martignoni (Ph.D. Candidate, Italian Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/oofMThkkxJk
A. Munteanu (Ph.D. Candidate, Linguistics, UofT) https://youtu.be/JnuzzEl95fc
M. Nunno (Translator & Reader in Anishinaabemowin) https://youtu.be/CmyAKJbUsto
W. Ohm (Ph.D. Candidate, German Studies, Uoft) https://youtu.be/zuErC-NMV98
G. Osmat (Ph.D. Candidate, Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, UofT) https://youtu.be/IenVYWIksvA
E. Plesnik (Ph.D. Candidate, Centre for Medieval Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/v_jAZJ7vHYw
N. Ruangsri (Ph.D. Candidate, Italian Studies, UofT), several videos
L. Sodano (Ph.D. Candidate, Italian Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/-M5PvbjPd40
L. Somigli (Professor, Italian Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/yonwxQsb4hc
R. Sophonpanich (Professor, Thammasat University, Translator & Reader in Thai) https://youtu.be/98QdvI2p02o
M. Stock (Professor, German Studies & Centre for Medieval Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/8-3Y3xXEd7A
V. Tapia Cruz (Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish and Portuguese, Uoft) https://youtu.be/TSdN_DcxNrM
K. Tarves (Ph.D. Candidate, Slavic Languages and Literatures, UofT) https://youtu.be/Zr-5z6Uftw4
L. Tesi (Ph.D. Candidate, Italian Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/t5okbQg3PDk
R. Xu (Ph.D. Candidate, Centre for Medieval Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/AiPwjNFeJzU
A. Zambenedetti (Professor, Italian Studies, UofT) https://youtu.be/bJs4LrvvuO0
T. Zajac (UofT Alumna & Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Manchester)
https://youtu.be/Os6j37jIrmQ

Articles by Alessia Berardi

Research paper thumbnail of The Glose super Glosas Ysaie: a new work by Peter Comestor?

Scriptorium, 2020

The twelfth-century commentary Glose super Glosas Ysaie has been attributed by scholars to Stephe... more The twelfth-century commentary Glose super Glosas Ysaie has been attributed by scholars to Stephen Langton. However, this text is very different from the other commentary by Langton on Isaiah, the so-called Moralitas. On the other hand, the Glose super Glosas' exegetical approach, its use of the Ordinary Gloss, and its attention to the letter of the text is very similar to how Peter Comestor comments on the Gospels of John and Matthew. Moreover, the study of the manuscript Cambridge, Trinity College, B.2.15, which belonged to Robert Amiclas, student of Peter Comestor in the mid twelfth-century in Paris, reveals that it contains extracts from the Glose super Glosas Ysaie written by Amiclas himself. Through these and further elements it is possible to challenge the traditional authorship of the Glose super Glosas, and to possibly reattribute this text to Peter Comestor. If this is the case, the Glose super Glosas would be the first example of a commentary on the Old Testament authored by Comestor, with the exception of the Historia Scholastica. The preliminary study of the tradition of both the Moralitas and the Glose super Glosas, and the reattribution of the latter is a fundamental step towards a new understanding of the twelfth-century schools.

Le Glose super Glosas Ysaie (XIIe s.) ont été attribuées à Stephen Langton. Cependant, ce texte diffère substantiellement de l'autre commentaire de Langton sur Isaïe, généralement connu sous le nom de Moralitas. Par ailleurs, l'approche exégétique des Glose super Glosas, l'utilisation de la Glossa Ordinaria et l'attention portée à la lettre du texte sont très similaires à la méthode utilisée par Pierre Comestor dans son commentaire sur les évangiles de Jean et de Matthieu. De plus, l'étude du manuscrit Cambridge, Trinity College, B.2.15, ayant appartenu à Robert Amiclas - élève de Peter Comestor au milieu du XIIe siècle à Paris - révèle que ce manuscrit contient des extraits des Glose super Glosas Ysaie écrit par Amiclas lui-même. Grâce à ces éléments et à d'autres, il est possible de remettre en question l'origine des Glose super Glosas Ysaie, et d'éventuellement réattribuer ce texte à Pierre Comestor: les Glose super Glosas serait alors le premier exemple d'un commentaire de l'Ancien Testament écrit par Comestor, à l'exception de l'Historia Scholastica. L'étude préliminaire de la tradition de la Moralitas et des Glose super Glosas Ysaie, et la réattribution de ce dernière texte constitue une étape fondamentale vers une nouvelle compréhension des écoles du XIIe siècle.

Translations by Alessia Berardi

Egyptian Nuns in Late Antiquity as Exemplars

The Cambridge History of Monasticism in the West, 2020

I have translated this article authored by Mariachiara Giorda. Editors of the volume: Alison I. B... more I have translated this article authored by Mariachiara Giorda. Editors of the volume: Alison I. Beach, Isabelle Cochelin

Talks by Alessia Berardi

“The Latin Life of Saint Alexis: a Puzzling Heroism.” Holy Hero(in)es. Literary Constructions of Heroism in Late Antique and Early Medieval Hagiography. International Conference. Ghent University (16-18 February 2016).

“The Materia Super Liber Sententiarum: Peter Comestor and the Authority of his Master.” 2nd Toronto-Washington Colloquium for the Study of the Bible and Theology in the Middle Ages, University of Toronto (16-17 June 2016).

“Theologia as a Work in Progress: Three Twelfth-Century Notulae on the Gospel of Mark.” Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, University of Toronto (6-8 April 2017).

“Irish Provenance or Carolingian Origin? The case-study of the anonymous commentary on the Song of Songs of Orléans-Wolfenbüttel.” Medialatinitas, International Medieval Latin Congress, University of Vienna (17-22 September 2017).

“Stephen Langton’s Lectures on Isaiah.” 3rd Toronto-Washington Colloquium for the Study of the Bible and Theology in the Middle Ages, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (21-22 May 2018).

“Langton’s biblical commentaries and the formation of preachers.” Lecture for the SSHRC Insight Grant group “Practices of Commentary”, University of Toronto (April 28 2023).

“Stephen Langton, Educator of Preachers.” 58th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University (May 11th-13th 2023).