Ein unerkannter Sermo des Caesarius von Arles

Abstract : Sermo 50 of the late medieval collection Sermones sancti Augustini ad fratres in eremo has been regarded a medieval forgery or a patchwork. In this article I wish to demonstrate that it is in fact an authentic sermon by Caesarius of Arles (+ 542). It has been preserved in two recensions:...

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Author:Clemens Weidmann
Published: S.n., s.l., 2020
Volume:130
Pages:39-73
Language:German
Periodical:Revue bénédictine
Number:1
ISSN:0035-0893
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > Pseudo-Augustiniana > Pseudo-Augustinus > Sermones
- Influence and Survival > The Middle Ages (430-1453) > Influence on the various authors and writings > [Césaire d'Arles]
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Summary:Abstract : Sermo 50 of the late medieval collection Sermones sancti Augustini ad fratres in eremo has been regarded a medieval forgery or a patchwork. In this article I wish to demonstrate that it is in fact an authentic sermon by Caesarius of Arles (+ 542). It has been preserved in two recensions: The only witness of the shorter version is Paris, BNF lat. 2738, s. XII; the longer version has been transmitted in a few manuscripts, but in all printed versions of the Sermones ad fratres in eremo, where it precedes an authentic sermon of Caesarius. Apart from the context of transmission, its authenticity is proved through many linguistic and thematic similarities with the oeuvre of Caesarius’ sermons. A brief passage at the end can be identified as a fragment of a lost sermon by Augustine of Hippo. The critical edition attempts to reconstruct the original from both branches.

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