The prefatory epistles, the only proper narrative part of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, have generally been overlooked by critics. Nevertheless, this text, which has had a wide diffusion and an autonomous tradition, has played a fundamental role in defining the pseudo-Geronimian work and even constituiting is title in a - probably short - phase of its tradition. Through an analysis of the contents of the letters, compared with the testimonies of Gregory the Great, of Cassiodous and specially of Bede, who is the first witness of the lemma martyrologium and also the first author to use the word martyrologium to refer to the Martyrologium heronymianum. This contribution traces a part of the possible path that the work took in the course of its long and obscure tradition between Italy and Northern England.
Le epistole prefatorie e il titolo del Martyrologium Hieronymianum
luca avellis
2020-01-01
Abstract
The prefatory epistles, the only proper narrative part of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, have generally been overlooked by critics. Nevertheless, this text, which has had a wide diffusion and an autonomous tradition, has played a fundamental role in defining the pseudo-Geronimian work and even constituiting is title in a - probably short - phase of its tradition. Through an analysis of the contents of the letters, compared with the testimonies of Gregory the Great, of Cassiodous and specially of Bede, who is the first witness of the lemma martyrologium and also the first author to use the word martyrologium to refer to the Martyrologium heronymianum. This contribution traces a part of the possible path that the work took in the course of its long and obscure tradition between Italy and Northern England.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
