Many Hands without Design: The Evolution of a Medieval Prophetic Text
Anke Holdenried
This article reconstructs the pre-manuscript history of Sibylla Tiburtina, a late antique prophetic text, which was very widespread after c. 1000. It argues against prevailing belief that single intelligence structured Latin text to meaning in eleventh century. By identifying early medieval interpolations this offers new account work’s textual development centuries before suggests known as Ottonian Sibyl had far less distinct moment creation than is usually assumed and actually product interpolators independently adding its core over long period without common purpose.
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