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De questione porcorum ‘On the question of pigs’

  • Latin
  • prose
Brief Latin commentary, possibly of Irish origin, on Jesus’ exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac (Matthew, Mark and Luke). A question on the miracle is followed by several answers attributed to Church Fathers and in turn commented on by a figure identified as either Ebreus (in the Milan MS) or Philo (in the Dublin manuscript).
Manuscripts
Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, MS F 60 sup 1, ff. 1-46, 58-77 [s. viii]
f. 7v
rubric: ‘De questione porcorum’
beg. ‘Ebreus dicit: Prohibetur discipulus sepelire patrem suum, quod genus est missericordia’
Text written over an erasure. According to Lowe, the hand belongs to a scribe who made additions in the late 8th century, when the manuscript was at Bobbio.
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1441 (E 4. 2) = Irish Liber hymnorum [s. xiex–xiiin]
f. 18r
beg. ‘Primo dicit: Multo meliores sunt homines quam pecora. Respondit Philo...’
Written in the upper margin.
Language
  • Latin
Date
8th century?
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
(Possible) sources: Gospel of LukeGospel of LukeGospel of MarkGospel of MarkGospel of MatthewGospel of MatthewDe luminaribus ecclesiae (Pseudo-Jerome)De luminaribus ecclesiae (Pseudo-Jerome)View incoming data

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The text of Bischoff’s edition from the Milan MS.
+ De questione porcorum. Ebreus dicit: Prohibetur discipulus sepelire patrem suum Mt 8, 21; Le 9, 59, quod genus est missericordiae ; demonibus autem contra legem in rem proximi nocere libenter a Domino permittitur. Origenes respondit Ebreo interro(ganti): Domini est terra οἱ plenitudo eius Ps. 23, 1. Ebreus dicit de Origene: Mens lata verbum latum profert. Ambrosius: In ipso pecore, quod Dominus sanctis in ussum fieri prohibuit, maiestatem suam significans manifestavit. Ebreus: . Hironimus: Honorabilior enim homo aput Dominum inrationabilibus animantibus. Respondit Ebreus: In primis laborasti, ideo in posterioribus infirmus es. Dardanus dicit: Multos infirmos eorum sanavit et non crediderunt et, si verus iudex sanitates et beneficia, quae in eos contulit, vere iudicasset korr. aus indicasset pretium maius prebuisset quam II. Ebreus respondit Dardano : Domum amplissimam per modicum foramen inspiciens clavemque non reperiens hostium fortiter temptasti. Hilarius respondit Ebreo: Si aliqua secus viam cicidisse potuissent Mt 13, 4; Le. 8, 5, tamen a fe ? in scripturis messis magna exorta est. Ebreus dicit: Multi enim eorum secundum consuetudinem sani fiebant, et ne omnes, qui viderunt korr. aus -rant, quod sani essent, missit demones pro signo in porcos.
De questione porcorum •
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The text from one of the marginal notes in the Irish Liber hymnorum in TCD 1441, as edited by Bernard and Atkinson.

T] fol. 18 in sup. marg. loc deinde rogat Philo de porcis ge rarorum. Primo dicit, multo meliores sunt homines quam peccora.Cf. Mt. xii. 12. Respondit Philo, in primis laborasti, in posteris uero infirmus es. Secundo, Origenes ait, dictum est, terra et plenitudo eius.Ps. xxiv. 1. Respondit Philo, mens lata uerbum latum protulit uerum tamen tuum ingenium uacuum est. Tertio, Ambrosius dicit, quod prohibuit deus in usum fieri de re ate messis multa exorta est. Quarto, dicit A sacerdotes multos curauerunt insanos Philo respondit, quia per foramen ualuae non reperiens clauem fortiter concutit. Augustinus. Hi homines intenderunt pretium deo et homini sanitatis quia mos erat in lege quod pretium salutis de propriis diuitiis dabatur sacerdotibus dein concessum est eis ad pretium salutis quia propriae diuitiae erant uirorum. Respondit Philo Augustinus. Sanctum et perfectum pene uno sermone potest omnia docere.
Irish Liber hymnorum, vol. 1, ed. Bernard and Atkinson (1898) •

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.] Bischoff, Bernhard, “Wendepunkte in der Geschichte der lateinischen Exegese im Frühmittelalter”, Sacris Erudiri 6 (1954): 189–279.
256–257 [id. 26.]
[ed.] Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson [eds.], The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 1: Text and introduction, Henry Bradshaw Society, 13, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.  
comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> – originally from Google Books: <link>
128 Edition of the text in the Dublin MS.

Secondary sources (select)

Mantegazza, Fabio, “De questione porcorum (CLH 75 - Wendepunkte 26)”, in: Lucia Castaldi (ed.), La trasmissione dei testi latini del medioevo / Mediaeval Latin texts and their transmission, Esegesi Ibernica, 9, Florence: SISMEL, 2024. 325–334.
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.
direct link
Kenney, James F., “Chapter VII: Religious literature and ecclesiastical culture”, in: James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Revised ed., 11, New York: Octagon, 1966. 622–744.
668 [id. 522.]
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