Texts

Canon in Ebreica

Latin
prose

Exegetical text datable to the 8th century and thought to be of Hiberno-Latin provenance.

Manuscripts

Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, Aug. perg. 254 ff. 72-213 [s. viii^ex/ixⁱⁿ]

ff. 165v–172v

rubric: ‘Liber canon in Ebreica Hieronimi presbiteri’

beg. ‘Canon in Ebreica. regula in greca. aequitas’

context: Apocrypha Priscillianistica

London, British Library, MS Royal 5 E xiii [s. ix^2/4^/^3/4]

ff. 1r–9r

rubric: ‘[In nomine] sancte trinitatis amen’

Language

Latin

Date

8th century?

Form

prose (primary)

Textual relationships

In both MSS, the text is followed by a copy of De reddendis decimis.

Related: De reddendis decimisDe reddendis decimis8th-century Latin sermon which may have been produced in a Hiberno-Latin milieu on the continent.

Classification

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Ambrose, Shannon O., “A new assessment and transcription of the Canon in Ebreica in London, British Library, MS Royal 5 E XIII”, Codices manuscripti & impressi: Zeitschrift fur Buchgeschichte 91–92 (December, 2013): 11–24.

Transcription of the BL MS.

[ed.] De Bruyne, Donatien, “Fragments retrouvés d’apocryphes priscillianistes”, Revue Bénédictine 24:3 (1907): 318–335.

Edited from the Karlsruhe MS.