Daniel Nodes, Ph.D. (1982) University of Toronto, is Professor of Classics in Baylor University. He has published works on biblical epic, Sentences-commentaries, homiletics and drama from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern period.

• Abbreviations Introduction: Plautine Piety and Monastic Wit in the Samarites comedia of Petrus Papeus (1539) Petrus Papeus The Argumentum or Plot of Samarites comoedia The Samaritan Story and its Exegetical Tradition The Patristic basis The Medieval Legacy Literary Hybrids The Fusion of Parables Medieval Compendiums Applying Elements from the Roman Comedies to the Bible under the New HumanismAssessment of the Resulting Compositions Predecessors of Papeus Contemporaries of Papeus and the Exegetical Tradition Papeus’s Samarites Comoedia: The Characters Papeus’s Special Handling of the Subject Matter The Commentary by Alejo Vanegas The Early Printings Modern Edition Petri Papei Samarites comoedia de Samaritano Euangelico Epistola nuncupatoria Dramatis Personae Argumentum Prologus Actus primi scaena prima Actus primi scaena secunda Actus primi scaena tertia Actus primi scaena quarta Actus secundi scaena prima Actus secundi scaena secunda Actus secundi scaena tertia Actus secundi scaena quarta Actus tertii scaena prima Actus tertii scaena secunda Actus tertii scaena tertia Actus tertii scaena quarta Actus tertii scaena quinta Actus quarti scaena prima Actus quarti scaena secunda Actus quarti scaena tertia Actus quarti scaena quarta Actus quinti scaena prima Actus quinti scaena secunda Actus quinti scaena tertia Actus quinti scaena quarta Actus quinti scaena quinta Actus quinti scaena sexta Actus quinti scaena septima Morio Peroratio Appendix: Alexii Vanegas Commentarius Cardinalis Ioannis Tauera ut Excuderetur Indulsit Petri Papei Samarites comoedia de Samaritano Euangelico Fernandus Lunar a Secretis Capituli Sanctae Ecclesiae Toletanae Lectori Salutem Alexius Vanegas Toletanus studiosissimo uiro Fernando de Lunar a secretis CapituliSanctae ecclesiae Toletanae salutat Emendationes Alexii Vanegas Toletani in Samaritem Comoediam nuper editam, scholia tumultuariahumanissimo simul et studiosissimo uiro musarum Herculi suoqueMecoenati Fernando Lunar a secretis capituli Toletani nuncupatafoeliciter comoediae fores aperiunt Dramatis personarum interpretatio Metrorum dramatis ratio Argumentum Prologus Actus Primi Scaena Prima Actus Primi Scaena Secunda Actus Primus Scaena Tertia Actus Primi Scena Quarta Actus Secundi Scaena Prima Actus Secundi Scaena Secunda Actus Secundi Scaena Tertia Actus Secundi Scaena Quarta Actus Tertii Scaena Prima Actus Tertii Scaena Secunda Actus Tertii Scaena Tertia Actus Tertii Scaena Quarta Actus Tertii Scaena Quinta Actus Quarti Scaena Prima Actus Quarti Scaena Secunda Actus Quarti Scaena tertia Actus Quarti Scaena Quarta Actus Quinti Scena Prima Actus Quinti Scaena Secunda Actus Quinti Scaena Tertia Actus Quinti Scaena Quarta Actus Quinti Scaena Quinta Actus Quinti Scaena Sexta Actus Quinti Scaena Septima Morio Peroratio Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index

“Nodes has produced a fine text that materially adds to our knowledge of Neo-Latin drama and a relatively unknown Neo-Latin dramatist, and through the inclusion of Vanegas' commentary, gives us insight into traditional methods of commenting and interpreting.”Mark Riley, California State University, Sacramento. In: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2017.12.32.

Daniel Nodes, Ph.D. (1982) University of Toronto, is Professor of Classics in Baylor University. He has published works on biblical epic, Sentences-commentaries, homiletics and drama from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern period.

• Abbreviations Introduction: Plautine Piety and Monastic Wit in the Samarites comedia of Petrus Papeus (1539) Petrus Papeus The Argumentum or Plot of Samarites comoedia The Samaritan Story and its Exegetical Tradition The Patristic basis The Medieval Legacy Literary Hybrids The Fusion of Parables Medieval Compendiums Applying Elements from the Roman Comedies to the Bible under the New HumanismAssessment of the Resulting Compositions Predecessors of Papeus Contemporaries of Papeus and the Exegetical Tradition Papeus’s Samarites Comoedia: The Characters Papeus’s Special Handling of the Subject Matter The Commentary by Alejo Vanegas The Early Printings Modern Edition Petri Papei Samarites comoedia de Samaritano Euangelico Epistola nuncupatoria Dramatis Personae Argumentum Prologus Actus primi scaena prima Actus primi scaena secunda Actus primi scaena tertia Actus primi scaena quarta Actus secundi scaena prima Actus secundi scaena secunda Actus secundi scaena tertia Actus secundi scaena quarta Actus tertii scaena prima Actus tertii scaena secunda Actus tertii scaena tertia Actus tertii scaena quarta Actus tertii scaena quinta Actus quarti scaena prima Actus quarti scaena secunda Actus quarti scaena tertia Actus quarti scaena quarta Actus quinti scaena prima Actus quinti scaena secunda Actus quinti scaena tertia Actus quinti scaena quarta Actus quinti scaena quinta Actus quinti scaena sexta Actus quinti scaena septima Morio Peroratio Appendix: Alexii Vanegas Commentarius Cardinalis Ioannis Tauera ut Excuderetur Indulsit Petri Papei Samarites comoedia de Samaritano Euangelico Fernandus Lunar a Secretis Capituli Sanctae Ecclesiae Toletanae Lectori Salutem Alexius Vanegas Toletanus studiosissimo uiro Fernando de Lunar a secretis CapituliSanctae ecclesiae Toletanae salutat Emendationes Alexii Vanegas Toletani in Samaritem Comoediam nuper editam, scholia tumultuariahumanissimo simul et studiosissimo uiro musarum Herculi suoqueMecoenati Fernando Lunar a secretis capituli Toletani nuncupatafoeliciter comoediae fores aperiunt Dramatis personarum interpretatio Metrorum dramatis ratio Argumentum Prologus Actus Primi Scaena Prima Actus Primi Scaena Secunda Actus Primus Scaena Tertia Actus Primi Scena Quarta Actus Secundi Scaena Prima Actus Secundi Scaena Secunda Actus Secundi Scaena Tertia Actus Secundi Scaena Quarta Actus Tertii Scaena Prima Actus Tertii Scaena Secunda Actus Tertii Scaena Tertia Actus Tertii Scaena Quarta Actus Tertii Scaena Quinta Actus Quarti Scaena Prima Actus Quarti Scaena Secunda Actus Quarti Scaena tertia Actus Quarti Scaena Quarta Actus Quinti Scena Prima Actus Quinti Scaena Secunda Actus Quinti Scaena Tertia Actus Quinti Scaena Quarta Actus Quinti Scaena Quinta Actus Quinti Scaena Sexta Actus Quinti Scaena Septima Morio Peroratio Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index

“Nodes has produced a fine text that materially adds to our knowledge of Neo-Latin drama and a relatively unknown Neo-Latin dramatist, and through the inclusion of Vanegas' commentary, gives us insight into traditional methods of commenting and interpreting.”Mark Riley, California State University, Sacramento. In: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2017.12.32.

Daniel Nodes, Ph.D. (1982) University of Toronto, is Professor of Classics in Baylor University. He has published works on biblical epic, Sentences-commentaries, homiletics and drama from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern period.

• Abbreviations Introduction: Plautine Piety and Monastic Wit in the Samarites comedia of Petrus Papeus (1539) Petrus Papeus The Argumentum or Plot of Samarites comoedia The Samaritan Story and its Exegetical Tradition The Patristic basis The Medieval Legacy Literary Hybrids The Fusion of Parables Medieval Compendiums Applying Elements from the Roman Comedies to the Bible under the New HumanismAssessment of the Resulting Compositions Predecessors of Papeus Contemporaries of Papeus and the Exegetical Tradition Papeus’s Samarites Comoedia: The Characters Papeus’s Special Handling of the Subject Matter The Commentary by Alejo Vanegas The Early Printings Modern Edition Petri Papei Samarites comoedia de Samaritano Euangelico Epistola nuncupatoria Dramatis Personae Argumentum Prologus Actus primi scaena prima Actus primi scaena secunda Actus primi scaena tertia Actus primi scaena quarta Actus secundi scaena prima Actus secundi scaena secunda Actus secundi scaena tertia Actus secundi scaena quarta Actus tertii scaena prima Actus tertii scaena secunda Actus tertii scaena tertia Actus tertii scaena quarta Actus tertii scaena quinta Actus quarti scaena prima Actus quarti scaena secunda Actus quarti scaena tertia Actus quarti scaena quarta Actus quinti scaena prima Actus quinti scaena secunda Actus quinti scaena tertia Actus quinti scaena quarta Actus quinti scaena quinta Actus quinti scaena sexta Actus quinti scaena septima Morio Peroratio Appendix: Alexii Vanegas Commentarius Cardinalis Ioannis Tauera ut Excuderetur Indulsit Petri Papei Samarites comoedia de Samaritano Euangelico Fernandus Lunar a Secretis Capituli Sanctae Ecclesiae Toletanae Lectori Salutem Alexius Vanegas Toletanus studiosissimo uiro Fernando de Lunar a secretis CapituliSanctae ecclesiae Toletanae salutat Emendationes Alexii Vanegas Toletani in Samaritem Comoediam nuper editam, scholia tumultuariahumanissimo simul et studiosissimo uiro musarum Herculi suoqueMecoenati Fernando Lunar a secretis capituli Toletani nuncupatafoeliciter comoediae fores aperiunt Dramatis personarum interpretatio Metrorum dramatis ratio Argumentum Prologus Actus Primi Scaena Prima Actus Primi Scaena Secunda Actus Primus Scaena Tertia Actus Primi Scena Quarta Actus Secundi Scaena Prima Actus Secundi Scaena Secunda Actus Secundi Scaena Tertia Actus Secundi Scaena Quarta Actus Tertii Scaena Prima Actus Tertii Scaena Secunda Actus Tertii Scaena Tertia Actus Tertii Scaena Quarta Actus Tertii Scaena Quinta Actus Quarti Scaena Prima Actus Quarti Scaena Secunda Actus Quarti Scaena tertia Actus Quarti Scaena Quarta Actus Quinti Scena Prima Actus Quinti Scaena Secunda Actus Quinti Scaena Tertia Actus Quinti Scaena Quarta Actus Quinti Scaena Quinta Actus Quinti Scaena Sexta Actus Quinti Scaena Septima Morio Peroratio Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index

“Nodes has produced a fine text that materially adds to our knowledge of Neo-Latin drama and a relatively unknown Neo-Latin dramatist, and through the inclusion of Vanegas' commentary, gives us insight into traditional methods of commenting and interpreting.”Mark Riley, California State University, Sacramento. In: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2017.12.32.