Texts

De operibus sex dierum ‘On the works of the six days’

  • Latin
  • prose
Latin commentary on the Book of Genesis, chapters 1–34.
Manuscripts
ff. 49r–64r
rubric: ‘De operibus sex dierum, quando creauit Deus caelum et terram’
beg. ‘In principio fecit deus caelum et terram. Quis Hoc dixit?’
Language
  • Latin
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
(Possible) sources: Book of GenesisBook of GenesisThe first book of the Bible.

Classification

Samples

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The opening of the text in Clm 6302.

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.] Gorman, Michael M., “A critique of Bischoff’s theory of Irish exegesis. The commentary on Genesis in Munich Clm 6302 (Wendepunkte 2)”, Journal of Medieval Latin 7 (1996): 178–233.
212–233

Secondary sources (select)

MIRABILE, Online: Studio del Medioevo Latino, 2009–present. URL: <http://www.mirabileweb.it>. 
abstract:
MIRABILE è un knowledge management system per lo studio e la ricerca sulla cultura medievale promosso dalla Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino e dalla Fondazione Ezio Franceschini ONLUS di Firenze.
Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, “Bischoff’s Wendepunkte fifty years on”, Revue Bénédictine 110 (2000): 204–237.
218
Bischoff, Bernhard, “Wendepunkte in der Geschichte der lateinischen Exegese im Frühmittelalter”, Sacris Erudiri 6 (1954): 189–279.
236 [id. 2.]
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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May 2023, last updated: June 2023