The Pseudo-Augustinian Excerpts in Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 6389
A ninth-century manuscript copied at Freising (now Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 6389) contains a series of passages beginning Vide, Alipi mi, ubi tibi uideatur ueritas habitare. The material has at times been regarded as pseudo-Augustinian, but its content - actually a jumble of excerpts...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | French |
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[2017]
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Revue d'études augustiniennes et patristiques
Year: 2017, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 277-309 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Candidus -805
/ Handwriting (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) Clm 6389
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/ Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages |
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| Summary: | A ninth-century manuscript copied at Freising (now Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 6389) contains a series of passages beginning Vide, Alipi mi, ubi tibi uideatur ueritas habitare. The material has at times been regarded as pseudo-Augustinian, but its content - actually a jumble of excerpts on multiple topics - has never been described or analyzed in detail. The present study takes up a suggestion by François Dolbeau that the passages are of Carolingian origin, and that their invocation of Alypius reflects the well-known enthusiasm of Alcuin and his colleagues for literary aliases. Further study of the passages in Clm 6389 confirms the Carolingian character of their source(s). By their content as well as their codicological setting, the extracts show frequent connections to one of Alcuin's students in particular, Candidus Wizo, and also to the anonymous group of school texts known as the Munich Passages.As a further point of interest, the notable reference to Alypius in the excerpts is one of several indications that they were, in whole or part, written by the same author who composed the mysterious Carolingian treatise De sole et luna, published for the first time in 2006. The authorship of that text - which is also addressed to Alypius - invites reexamination in light of the connections between Candidus Wizo and the excerpts transmitted in Clm 6389. The character of these two sources associated with Alypius manifests a more complex type of pseudo-Augustinianism than is typical of early medieval Augustinian pseudepigrapha. |
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| ISSN: | 2428-3606 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Revue d'études augustiniennes et patristiques
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.REA.4.2018003 |