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Rohini Jayatilaka is an Affiliated Scholar at the University of Oxford's Faculty of English Language & Literature, affiliated with Pembroke College. Her primary research focuses on early medieval commentary traditions surrounding Boethius’s De Consolatione Philosophiae, including the Alfredian Boethius Project and the study of textual transmission in Anglo-Saxon England. She specializes in the reception of classical texts in medieval Europe, particularly through glosses, manuscripts, and lexicographical practices.
Her work includes projects like Fontes Anglo-Saxonici, exploring written sources used by Anglo-Saxon authors, and scholarly editions of early medieval glosses. She has contributed to volumes on Carolingian scholarship and medieval glossography, analyzing how classical knowledge was preserved and reinterpreted in manuscripts.
Dr. Jayatilaka’s publications span scholarly editions, journal articles, and book chapters, with recent work (2024) focusing on glosses in Boethius commentaries. Though no specific awards are listed, her research has been presented in academic conferences and edited volumes.
She collaborates on interdisciplinary projects examining manuscript culture, textual criticism, and the intellectual networks of early medieval Europe. Her affiliations include Pembroke College and the Faculty of English, where she contributes to research initiatives in medieval literature and classical reception studies.
