Ms. Douai 842: a new testimony of the Liber chronicorum by Pelagius of Oviedo

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Liber chronicorum by Pelagius of Oviedo

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AEVUM

Fascicolo

AEVUM - 2023 - 2

Titolo

Ms. Douai 842: a new testimony of the Liber chronicorum by Pelagius of Oviedo

Autore

Rodrigo Furtado

Editore

Vita e Pensiero

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09-2023

Doi

10.26350/000193_000170

Issn

0001-9593 (stampa) | 1827-787X (digitale)

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This paper focuses on manuscript Douai 842, which was copied at the end of the twelfth century at the monastery of Sainte-Rictrude of Marchiennes, Southern Flanders. This manuscript transmits an unknown version of the Liber chronicorum – Compilation B, which originated at the scriptorium of Pelagius of Oviedo (?-1153). After providing a brief description of the manuscript’s structure and contents, I argue that there were at least two versions of Compilation B (rather than just one, as previously believed, represented by the well-known copy in Madrid, BNE, 1513), with Douai 842 transmitting the oldest. I contend that this version attests to the existence of a primitive form of Compilation B, representing a distinct branch within the tradition of the Liber. Finally, I suggest that Douai 842 was copied between 1177-1179.

keywords

Pelagius’ Liber chronicorum, ms. Douai 842, Sainte-Rictrude of Marchiennes, 12th-century relations between Iberia, northern France, and southern Flanders, codicology