Two Scribal Additions Concerning Capitula in Bede's List of his Works
This essay supports the separate insights of Paul Meyvaert and Michael Lapidge about two apparently different issues: Bede's composition of capitula, summaries of divisions for biblical books, and the dissemination of copies of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. The texts that connect...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
[2018]
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Revue bénédictine
Year: 2018, Volume: 128, Issue: 1, Pages: 84-94 |
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Beda, Saint 672-735, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
/ Bible
/ Summary
/ Authorship
/ Handwriting
/ Spread of
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HA Bible KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages |
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| Summary: | This essay supports the separate insights of Paul Meyvaert and Michael Lapidge about two apparently different issues: Bede's composition of capitula, summaries of divisions for biblical books, and the dissemination of copies of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. The texts that connect them are the descriptions of the capitula in Bede's list of his works in Historia ecclesiastica V.xxiv. As Meyvaert suggested, the first of these and part of the second are by Bede's followers rather than by the author himself. Pursuing this topic confirms Lapidge's argument that the surviving manuscripts in the Canterbury recension of Bede's history derive from an earlier tradition than those that can be traced back to Monkwearmouth-Jarrow. It also provides new insights into when and why Bede wrote his capitula and how his works were preserved in his own monastic library. Cet essai vient à l'appui des vues distinctes de Paul Meyvaert et de Michael Lapidge sur deux sujets différents : la composition par Bède de capitula (sommaires et divisions des livres bibliques) et la dissémination des exemplaires de l'Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. Les textes qui les relient sont les descriptions des capitula dans la liste des œuvres de Bède en Historia ecclesiastica V. xxiv. Ainsi que Meyvaert l'a proposé, la première de celle-ci et une partie de la seconde sont des successeurs de Bède plutôt que de l'auteur lui-même. La poursuite de ce point confirme l'argument de Lapidge selon lequel les manuscrits survivants de la recension de Cantorbéry de l'Historia de Bède dérivent d’une tradition plus ancienne que ceux qui remontent à Monkwearmouth-Jarrow. S'ouvrent ainsi de nouvelles perspectives sur le quand et le pourquoi de la rédaction par Bède de ses capitula et sur le comment de la préservation de ses œuvres dans la bibliothèque de son propre monastère. |
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| ISSN: | 2295-9009 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Revue bénédictine
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.RB.5.115655 |