Liber epigrammatum (Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, 100) (Latin Edition)

Prosper Aquitanus

ISBN 10: 3110333988 / ISBN 13: 9783110333985

Published by Walter de Gruyter, 2016

About this Item

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 oeuvre, 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.
Rezension
"Ce travail insigne, mené avec beaucoup de précision et de finesse par Albertus G. A. Horsting, est la premieére édition critique de cette oeuvre 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
Rezension

"Ce travail insigne, mené avec beaucoup de précision et de finesse par Albertus G. A. Horsting, est la premieére édition critique de cette oeuvre 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
Autorenportrait
Albertus G. A. Horsting, University of Notre Dame, USA.
Autorenportrait

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

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Liber epigrammatum (Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, 100) (Latin Edition)
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: Latin
• ISBN 10: 3110333988
• ISBN 13: 9783110333985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dimensions: 1.12W x 16.99H x 24.41D centimeters 1.12 centimeters width by 16.99 centimeters height by 24.41 centimeters depth
• Weight: 472 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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