A Newly Discovered Prologue of AD 699 to the Easter Table of Victorius of Aquitaine in an unknown Sirmond Manuscript
Immo Warntjes
A computistical manuscript from St Gall of c. ad 900, in the Staats- und Universitatsbibliothek, Bremen, is identified as one a group (the Sirmond group) which contain material collected and studied seventh- early eighth-century Ireland. Intriguingly, this codex contains an unknown treatise 699 originally served prologue to altered version Easter table Victorius Aquitaine. This article presents arguments for Irish provenance prologue, critical edition, translation. It discusses its significance study intellectual culture at turn seventh eighth century. Additionally, Bremen transmits fragments Supputatio Romana, reckoning followed Rome between third fifth centuries, some being identical with passage fourth-century Cologne Prologue.
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