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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462632203321

Autore

Sloan Michael C

Titolo

The harmonius organ of Sedulius Scottus : introduction to his Collectaneum in apostolum and translation of its prologue and commentaries on Galatians and Ephesians / / Michael C. Sloan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter, c2012

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

9781283856874

1283856875

9783110281880

3110281880

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Millennium-Studien = Millennium studies ; ; Band 39

Classificazione

HIS002000HIS037010LIT004190

Disciplina

871/.03

Soggetti

Latin poetry, Medieval and modern - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Tables -- I. Introduction -- II. Translations -- III. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces and translates Sedulius Scottus' Prologue (to the entire Collectaneum in Apostolum) and commentaries on Galatians and Ephesians. The introduction outlines the historical context of composition, identifies Sedulius' literary model - Servius, discusses Sedulius' organizing trope for the Prologue - the septem circumstantiae, asserts for what purpose and for whom he composed the Collectaneum, explains pertinent philological and stylistic issues, such as formatting, existing (or lack thereof) traits of Hiberno Latin, and Sedulius' knowledge of Greek, and it explores his use of exegetical and theological sources - predominantly Jerome, Augustine, and Pelagius. Since the commentaries are based upon these formative religious authors (among many others), the introduction also surveys Sedulius' doctrinal stances on important theological and ecclesiastical issues of his own time with particular relation to his reception of these



authors. Sedulius' Collectaneum in Apostolum reveals an erudite author familiar with the style of classical commentaries, which he uses to harmonize the sometimes discordant voices of patristic authors for the purposes of education in accordance with Carolingian programmatic aims.