Veterum vestigia patrum: The Greek Patriarchs in the Manuscript Culture of Early Medieval Europe

This article draws attention to the availability of Latin translations of Greek patristic literature in western reading communities before the year 800 through a survey of the contents of hundreds of surviving manuscripts from the Merovingian and Carolingian periods. An examination of the presence o...

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Publicado en:The Downside review
Autor principal: Bruce, Scott G (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Sage 2021
En: The Downside review
Clasificaciones IxTheo:KAD Alta Edad Media
KCA Órdenes y congregaciones
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Otras palabras clave:B Origen of Alexandria
B Defensor of Ligugé
B Merovingian manuscripts
B Carolingian manuscripts
B Traslado
B Eusebius of Caesarea
B Adoptionism
B Liber scintillarum
B Alcuin of York
B Basil the Great
B John Chrysostom
B Greek patristics
B Library catalogs
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Sumario:This article draws attention to the availability of Latin translations of Greek patristic literature in western reading communities before the year 800 through a survey of the contents of hundreds of surviving manuscripts from the Merovingian and Carolingian periods. An examination of the presence of the translated works of eastern church fathers in the 8th-century florilegium known as The Book of Sparks (Liber scintillarum) and monastic library catalogs from the early 9th century corroborates the impression left by the manuscript evidence. Taken together, these sources allow us to gauge the popularity of particular eastern authors among Latin readers in early medieval Europe and to weigh the influence and importance of Greek patristics in the western monastic tradition.
ISSN:2397-3498
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: The Downside review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0012580621994704