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Visio Pauli (Redaction IV)

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A redaction of the long Latin version of the Visio Pauli, known for having English or Insular connections. Irish connections or even origins have also been suggested on the basis of some Hibernicisms and affinities with Hiberno-Latin texts.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Bruges, Public Library, MS 162 

12th c.

ff. 58v–60v  

Text

Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 362 

[441] Fragment. 8th + 13th c.

Text

Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS 103 

Late 12th c.

ff. 124rv, 126rv  

Text

Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS 258 

Late 13th c.

ff. 52r–53r  

Text

Erfurt, Universitätsbibliothek, Dep. Erf. MS CA 2° 304 

[CA 2Q 304] 14th c., previously Erfurt, Stadtbibliothek, Amplon. Fol. 304.

f. 102v  

Text

Exemplar of PL 94 col. 501-502 

The exemplar for the edition in PL 94 is unknown.

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London, British Library, MS Additional 26770 

Early 14th c.

ff. 88v–89r  

Text

London, British Library, MS Arundel 52 

13th c.

ff. 63r–64r  

Text

London, British Library, MS Harley 2851 

14th c.

ff. 58v–60v  

Text

London, British Library, MS Royal 8 E xvii 

Late 13th or early 14th century.

ff. 122v–123r  

Text

London, British Library, MS Royal 11 B iii 

Early 14th c.

f. 334v  

Text

London, British Library, MS Royal 13 C vi 

Late 14th c.

f. 150rv  

Text

Melk, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 1706 

Late 13th century?

ff. 224v–225r  

Text

Montpellier, École de médecine, MS 503 

14th c.

ff. 37v–39r  

Text

Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, MS Clm 14348 

13th c.

ff. 217r–218r  

Text

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 527 

A combination of A (first half) and E (second half).

ff. 191v–192v  

Text

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 527 

14th c. A combination of A (first half) and E (second half).

ff. 191v–192v  

Text

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 527 

14th c.

ff. 263r–264v  

Text

Paris, Bibliotheque Mazarine, MS 1731 

14th c.

ff. 161v–163r  

Text

Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France, MS lat. 3529a 

13th/14th c.

ff. 121r–122r.  

Text

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 5266 

12th c.

ff. 21v–23v  

Text

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 10729 

12th c.

ff. 1r–2v  

Text

Prague, Národní knihovna České republiky, MS IX F 4 

13th/14th c.

ff. 73r–75v  

Text

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, MS 876 

Siglum A in Brandes' edition. 14th c.

ff. 142r–143r  

Text

Worcester, Cathedral Library, MS Q 27 

14th c.

ff. 154r–155r  

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.] Dwyer, M. E., “Contributions to the textual history of the medieval Latin redactions of the Visio Pauli”, PhD thesis, University of Tasmania, 2004.

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Vol. 2, [‘Appendix F’] Manuscript texts collated against a reconstructed base text.

[ed.] Meyer, Paul, “La descente de Saint-Paul en enfer”, Romania 24 (1895): 365–375.

Edition based on the Montpellier MS.

[ed.] Brandes, Herman, Visio S. Pauli: ein Beitrag zur Visionsliteratur, mit einem deutschen und zwei lateinischen Texten, Halle: Max Niemeyer, 1885.

75–80 (text); 96–101 (notes) Based principally on Vienna MS 876, with variants from BL MS Add. 26770 and BL MS Harl. 2851.

[ed.] Migne, Jacques-Paul (ed.), Venerabilis Bedae: anglo-saxonis presbyteri, opera omnia, Patrologia Latina, 94, Paris, 1850.

Internet Archive: <link>

col. 501–502 Based on an unknown exemplar. direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Dwyer, M. E., “Contributions to the textual history of the medieval Latin redactions of the Visio Pauli”, PhD thesis, University of Tasmania, 2004.

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esp. 78–141 (chapters 4–7) Makes a case for the Irish origins of this redaction.

Wright, Charles D., The Irish tradition in Old English literature, Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, 6, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.  

Based on the author's dissertation.