Liber epigrammatum

Prosper Aquitanus

Published by De Gruyter 2016

Liber epigrammatum

Prosper Aquitanus
Edited by: Albertus G. A. Horsting

Volume 100 in the series Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110336627

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About this book

This volume of the CSEL presents the first critical edition of Prosper of Aquitaine’s Liber epigrammatum, edited by A. Horsting. From his position at the side of Pope Leo, Prosper composed a poetical synthesis of Augustine’s vast œuvre, writing poems inspired by maxims he had excerpted from his works. The epigrams were a guide to Augustine that was both authoritative and pleasant to read. His synthesis became an essential part of the school curriculum from the days of Charlemagne to those of Louis XIV, serving as the first and most universal interpretative scheme for Augustine’s theology for generations of students. The poems, though little known and studied today, were widely read throughout the Middle Ages, in the debates of the Reformation over the nature of predestination and grace, and again in the controversies over the teachings of Port Royal.
This popular text is preserved in more than 180 manuscripts. In order to establish the text, those manuscripts fragments copied before the twelfth century have been used, a group amounting to around forty textual witnesses. This volume fills a major desideratum in the field of Christian Latin poetry and will be of interest to philologists, theologians, and historians of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

Author information

Albertus G. A. Horsting, University of Notre Dame, USA.

Reviews

"Ce travail insigne, mené avec beaucoup de précision et de finesse par Albertus G. A. Horsting, est la premieére édition critique de cette œuvre de Prosper d'Aquitaine, qui servit de guide à la lecture d'Augustin. Une contribution précieuse pour d'autres études."
I. Baise in: Revue bénédictine 2018/1, S. 216

"[...] the new edition is certainly without paragon at present."
Philipp Roelli in: ExClass 21, 2017, 415-416

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. The Liber epigrammatum and its sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Remarks on the structure of the Liber epigrammatum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
3. Textual transmission Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
4. The principles of the present edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Abbreviationes et signa in apparatibus adhibita Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Conspectus Siglorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Sancti Prosperi Aquitani Liber epigrammatum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157

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Languages: Latin, English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 160
Keywords: Prosper of Aquitaine; Augustine of Hippo; Medieval Education

eBook

Published: February 22, 2016
ISBN: 9783110336627

Hardcover

Published: February 22, 2016
ISBN: 9783110333985