The Importance of Reading and the Nature of the Soul: Zurich, Zentralbibliothek C64 and Christian Formation in Carolingian Europe
Owen M. Phelan
This article analyzes a single manuscript as concrete example of reform and Christianization in early medieval Europe. Though catalogued just another Carolingian “miscellany,” careful attention to the few original texts contained Zürich, Zentralbibliothek C64, well editorial decisions made concerning numerous older texts, strongly indicates that this was collection carefully designed support Christian formation. Emphasis is also placed on how selection organization manuscript’s match theological liturgical preferences court at turn ninth century.
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