Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
From the Thames to the Euphrates
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2023) 105-125
Keywords:
Theodulf,
;
Bible Canon
;
History
;
Bible Manuscripts, Latin
;
History
;
New Testament Manuscripts, Latin
;
History
Abstract:
The biblical pandects produced under the supervision of Bishop Theodulf of Orleans (d. 821) between 799 and 818 attest to the vitality of biblical studies during the Carolingian Renaissance. Five Theodulfian Bibles and fragments of two additional manuscripts have come down to us: these manuscripts share common codicological and palaeographical features. The homogeneous, consistently applied, editorial choices illustrate Theodulf’s high scholarly ambition and his efforts to restore the Hebraica veritas, which was the text established by Jerome. These manuscripts are pandects (that is, copied in a single volume) with a particularly clear page layout, which facilitates reading and browsing within the volume. The manuscripts present a stable architecture: the order of the biblical books and the textual apparatus (poems, forewords, tables, and textual aids placed in appendices) were repeated from one volume to the next, with, however, slight variations which reveal Theodulf’s continuous efforts. This apparatus was supplemented by marginal notes placed next to the text within the various biblical books. The number of these notes increased as the editing work progressed: in the first Bibles produced they attest to comparisons of the biblical text established by Theodulf with other Latin manuscripts, while in the chronologically last two Bibles they point to comparisons with the Hebrew text, which was a unique undertaking for the Carolingian period. This paper reviews the state of our knowledge about these Theodulfian Bibles and outlines some avenues of research.
Note:
Includes 7 illustrations (pp. 119-125).
DOI:
10.1515/9783111019963-007
URL:
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