<i>Addenda</i> to the Transmission History of Dhuoda’s <i>Liber Manualis</i>
Courtney M. Booker
In this article, I review what is known of the transmission history Liber manualis written by Frankish noblewoman Dhuoda between 841 and 843, make several contributions to both refine expand history. First, identify an early encounter Étienne Baluze with LM in 1666, suggest that extracts work later printed him 1688 are special value reconstruction its text, as they faithfully reproduce readings old, lost manuscript from monastery La Grasse. Second, show Guillaume Catel Toulouse knew LM, quoted it times 1623, was using a source related extant Nîmes Barcelona manuscripts text. Third, demonstrate Jean du Tillet, chief royal archivist Paris, already 1550s alluded his kings noble families France. This now earliest secure attestation LM. Fourth, describe contents large collection biblical Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom preserved within fourteenth-century also preserves Dhuoda’s florilegium «Libri Sapientiales» may have been assembled herself part vademecum works moral spiritual, arithmetical historical, she compiled care for her son’s education.
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