Paratexts in the Virtutes apostolorum
Els Rose
The Virtutes apostolorum comprise a series of Latin rewritings the apocryphal Acts Apostles, with sections on each twelve apostles, that started to circulate in West from early Middle Ages. earliest manuscripts are found continent second half eighth century. Little is known certainty about authorship individual sections, and as little can be said redactor(s) or collector(s) whole. This article presents an attempt shed more light transmission use these texts through study their paratexts, specifically titles intertitles. These elements turn out helpful instruments endeavor know approach apostles martyrs, well ritual context commemoration monastic (and cathedral) communities.
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