Caesarius of Arles, Epistolae ad Sanctimoniales (original) (raw)
Caesarius of Arles, Epistolae ad Sanctimoniales
Epistola 'Vereor'
CPL 1010
Incipit: Vereor, venerabiles in Christo filiae, ne, dum vobis per conservanda...
Editions:
- De Vog��, Adalbert and Jo�l Courreau, Source Chr�tiennes, vol. 345, Paris 1988 (C�saire d'Arles, Oeuvres Monastiques, vol. 1), pp. 294-336.
- Morin, Germain, Sancti Caesarii Opera omnia, vol. 2, Maredsous 1942, pp. 134-144.
- Patrologia Latina, vol. 67, col. 1128C-1135C (female version) and col. 1154C-1160D (male version)
Translation:
- Klingshirn, William, Caesarius of Arles. Life, Testament, Letters, Translated Texts for Historians, vol. 19, Liverpool, Liverpool University Press 2004, pp. 129-139.
Manuscripts:
The text is preserved in a female and a male version with very few differences in content.
| Arles, Biblioth�que municipale 14 | s. XVII | pp. 513-524 | female version | catalogue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge, Queens College 3 (Horne 16) | s. XII | fol. 87v-92 | male version | catalogue | |
| Grenoble, Biblioth�que municipale 306 | s. XII | fol. 98-107, verify | Ms. G3 | male version | catalogue |
| Koblenz, Landeshauptarchiv, Best. 701 Nr. 166 | 1470 | fol. 107-114 | male version | catalouge | |
| London, British Library Royal 5 F.x | fol. 15- | male version | description/image | ||
| London, Lambeth Palace 353 | fol. 64v | catalogue | |||
| Marseille, Biblioth�que municipale 244 | s. XIV | fol. 101- | male version, ascr. to Augustine | catalogue | |
| Metz, Biblioth�que municipale 134 | s. VIIIex | no. 3, not verified | destroyed | Epistola Caesarii ad monachos | catalogue |
| Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana C 79 Sup. | s. XII | fol. 98-107 | Ms. G2 | male version | catalogue; combined with Diadema monachorum |
| Paris, Biblioth�que de l'Arsenal 254 (453 T.L.) 2o | s. XV | fol. 69-76 | male version | catalogue | |
| Paris, Biblioth�que nationale lat. 12238 | s. IX | fol. 23-32v | Ms. G1 | male version | catalogue; microfilm |
| Reims, Biblioth�que municipale 414 | s. X | fol. 110-111v | male version | catalogue; microfilm | |
| Toulouse, Biblioth�que municipale 162 | s. XII | fol. 37v (57v?)-59v | Ms. K6 | female version | see Rudge,Texts and contexts, pp. 149-157; catalogue; image |
| Tours, Biblioth�que publique 617 | s.X-XI | fol. 12 | Ms. T | female version | manuscript is lost, text can be reconstructed on the basis of ed. Morin; catalogue |
| Trier, Stadtbibliothek 529 | s. XV | fol. 173 | male version | catalogue | |
| Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Reg. lat. 140 | s. IXin | fol. 123v-129v | Ms. K2 | female version | image |
Sections of this letter appear in Caesarius' Rule for Monks, Defensor's Liber Scintillarum. Large parts (from ch. 2 onwards) appear the Institutio sanctimonialum, c. 5, MGH Conc. Karol. 1, pp. 434-437.
Literature:
- De Vog��, Adalbert and Jo�l Courreau, Source Chr�tiennes, vol. 345, Paris 1988 (C�saire d'Arles, Oeuvres Monastiques, vol. 1), pp. 274-291.
- Diem, Albrecht, Das monastische Experiment: Die Rolle der Keuschheit bei der Entstehung des westlichen Klosterwesens, Vita Regularis, Abhandlungen, vol. 24, M�nster: LIT-Verlag 2005, pp. 168-173.
- Rudge, Lindsay, Texts and contexts: Women�s dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict, Ph.D. St. Andrews 2006, esp. pp. 55-59 and 160-167.