One smuggler complained that the Egyptian authorities confiscated a delivery of 10,000 books, the bulk of them a classical commentary on the Koran.
Biel's Collectorium circa IV libros sententiarum, a classical commentary on the celebrated Sentences by Bishop Peter Lombard of Paris, gives a clear and methodical exposition of the teaching of the great English philosopher William of Ockham, whose doctrine Biel supported.
Each page consists of a central block of the original text bordered by the classical commentary, alongside the translation, new analysis and notes, each part distinguished from the others by different typefaces and fonts.
As Bryant provided commentary on the Lakers/Raptors game where he scored the second most points in NBA history, over at the Classical, Sean Highkin provided commentary on his commentary.
Classical rabbinic biblical commentary - known as Midrash - notes a perplexity regarding that verse, which comes from the biblical book of Exodus that we have begun reading in our synagogues this week.
They vary in genre and length from commentaries on classical texts to short tracts or orations.
People are getting tired of the ironic little commentaries on classical forms that go by the name post-modern.
With Alberti, Leonardo visited the home of the Medici and through them came to know the older Humanist philosophers of whom Marsiglio Ficino, proponent of Neo Platonism; Cristoforo Landino, writer of commentaries on Classical writings, and John Argyropoulos, teacher of Greek and translator of Aristotle were the foremost.
But with internet access spreading even to remote and impoverished villages, and with much of its "user-generated content" pitched in pithy everyday speech rather than the high classical Arabic of official commentary, the authorities are beginning to take notice.
Over the next hour, Professor Astren, who once worked as a sommelier and wine cellar master in a San Francisco restaurant, gave a lecture that ranged from classical-era rabbinic commentary on issues related to food, to making kosher wine.
