Texts

Canon in Ebreica

  • Latin
  • prose
Exegetical text datable to the 8th century and thought to be of Hiberno-Latin provenance.
Manuscripts
ff. 165v–172v
rubric: ‘Liber canon in Ebreica Hieronimi presbiteri’
beg. ‘Canon in Ebreica. regula in greca. aequitas’
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.

Secondary sources (select)

Bischoff, Bernhard, “Wendepunkte in der Geschichte der lateinischen Exegese im Frühmittelalter”, Sacris Erudiri 6 (1954): 189–279.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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January 2020, last updated: June 2023