The Mediaeval Question-and-Answer Collection Sententiae de floratibus diuersis : Standard and Non-Standard Versions
The mediaeval question-and-answer collection Sententiae de floratibus diuersis (SFD) is presented as an elementary school text. It consists of a sequence of 46 gradually arranged items which initiate the student into basic knowledge of the human body, the Christian faith, simple theological principl...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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Sacris erudiri
Year: 2016, Volume: 55, Pages: 321-366 |
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| Summary: | The mediaeval question-and-answer collection Sententiae de floratibus diuersis (SFD) is presented as an elementary school text. It consists of a sequence of 46 gradually arranged items which initiate the student into basic knowledge of the human body, the Christian faith, simple theological principles, and biblical history. In spite of its concision and modest pretentions, it is backed by an important manuscript tradition (of at least 23 witnesses). This tradition is divided in two slightly different versions, here presented under the name of standard and non-standard. However, some of these MSS offer no more than a single excerpt of the entire work as printed here: in some cases, as an independent entry in a miscellaneous codex; in other cases, integrated into more significant works. Due to its compilation nature, the text basically draws from the most common patristic sources, with a clear preference for Isidore of Seville and his Liber Differentiarum II. Nevertheless, these excerpts are usually copied in reworked mediaeval forms, which knew a noteworthy success among compilation works and florilegia. The SFD also include some excerpts which are only paralleled (according to the examined references) in anonymous mediaeval works. This article addresses the MS tradition of the aforementioned versions (printed in the appendix) by means of a critical study of their texts. The study of the sources and parallel texts intends to identify the underlying patristic patterns and to create a provisional record of the anonymous mediaeval works and MSS in which the reworked forms are paralleled. The wide MS tradition of the SFD makes it an appropriate reference point to trace contemporary anonymous works. The detailed study, critical edition and philological contextualization of these works and their MSS constitute the aim of my PhD project, currently in process. |
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| ISSN: | 2295-9025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sacris erudiri
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.SE.5.112605 |