Befunde und Probleme lateinischer Tradition
Klaus Zelzer|Michaela Zelzer
On the occasion of jubilee GCS, also its Latin counterpart, CSEL, organised by Austrian Academy Sciences since 1864, has been invited to give a short account on characteristics and problems Christian text tradition. So it is great honour for both us present, out our personal work, some examples this tradition, being sometimes analogous, different from Greek traditions worked editors GCS series. To begin with, just few words version St Basil's Ascetic Rules, represented so-called 'Parvum Asceticum', original (and shorter) more expanded 'Regulae brevius et fusius tractatae', published in PG 31. While larger preserved text, earlier form survived only Syriac versions, latter done Rufinus Aquileia year 396 demand an unknown abbot monastery somewhere coastline Southern Italy (RBasRuf; first critical edition K. Zelzer, CSEL 86, Vienna 1986). Therefore interest scholars working monastic writings, as witness lost original, those concerned with early western RBasRuf was earliest regulations written Latin, later recommended, together works John Cassian, Benedict his monks textbook spiritual studies. Unlike Benedict's Rule, come down four five precarolingian manuscripts Italy, Spain (?) Corbie 6 t h century around 700; ten 9 10 centuries preserve texts Lerins, Frankish empire wisigothic Spain. Since all already follow their own textual traditions, look into 31 helpful find (supposed) variant. Those differences fragments quotations within historical documents onwards (e.g. Vita Patrum Iurensium 174) show that must have spread widely times. Next Rule we were tradition edited Rudolf Hanslik (CSEL 75, 2 1977) Adalbert de Vogue - Jean Neufville (SC 181-186, Paris 1971/72; responsible section tradition). RBasRuf, far manuscripts, but single precarolingic one: Oxford, Bodl. Hatton 48, 8 century, most probably at Worcester. tell long story words: Traube's traditional hypothesis 'pure' (original, kept close Monte Cassino), 'interpolated' (worked over late Rome alone propagated times, Oxford codex) 'contaminated' ('interpolated' corrected copy carolingian times), basically taken modern editions, had be revised, actual evidence manuscript towards 'natural' view tradition: still much nearer one better Britain than regions), turned branch development, presenting lot variants not extant nor (which Traube followers obviously willing realise), clearly appeared result or less continuous development during Merowingian times Continent, which continued following Europe Normans. A picture literary shown two versions Apoc
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