The Textual Transmission of Augustine's Contra Felicem: Towards a New Critical Edition
This article presents the first comprehensive examination of the manuscript transmission of Augustine’s Contra Felicem. This work contains the report of a two-day debate, which took place on December 7 and 12, 404, between Augustine and a Manichaean teacher named Felix. After a brief overview of the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2021
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Augustiniana
Year: 2021, Volume: 71, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-122 |
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| Summary: | This article presents the first comprehensive examination of the manuscript transmission of Augustine’s Contra Felicem. This work contains the report of a two-day debate, which took place on December 7 and 12, 404, between Augustine and a Manichaean teacher named Felix. After a brief overview of the extant manuscripts, their dating and provenance, the article analyses the relationships between these witnesses. This analysis shows that Contra Felicem was transmitted in two branches, the older one represented by a single, eleventh-century witness from Monte Cassino, the other one consisting of sixteen manuscripts. This latter branch originated in central France, and its oldest manuscripts date to the twelfth century. A stemma summarizes the conclusions regarding the direct transmission of Contra Felicem. Thereafter the article discusses the previous editions of the work, with special attention to the question of which manuscripts the editors consulted. The article concludes with a brief note on the text’s indirect transmission, its circulation during the Middle Ages, and the ratio edendi of a future critical edition. |
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| ISSN: | 2295-6093 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Augustiniana
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/AUG.71.1.3289614 |