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Vita brevior sancti Machutis (anonymous)

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A relatively short, anonymous redaction of the life of the Breton saint St Malo, bishop of Alet. BHL 5117.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 12404/ff. 239-250

Here foll. by a text on the translation of the saint.

ff. 239r–246v

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.] [tr.] Gury, Jean-Philippe, “Vie de saint Malo, évèque et confesseur: édition, traduction, commentaires de la version du ms. lat. 12404 de la B.N.”, mémoire de maîtrise, Université Rennes 2, 1994.

62–87, 88–105

Edition based on BNF MS 12404, with French translation. Not seen but cited by Poulin.

[ed.] Plaine, François, and Arthur de La Borderie, “[Deux vies inédites de S. Malo]: Vie inédite de Saint Malo, évêque d'Aleth / Autre vie de Saint Malo”, Bulletin et mémoires de la Société archéologique du département d'Ille-et-Vilaine 16 (1883, 1884): 137–166 (introd.), 167–256 (vita 1), 257–264 (Translatio), 265–293 (vita 2), 294–312 (observations).

Gallica – First part, by Plaine: <link> Gallica – Second part, by de la Borderie: <link> Gallica – Offprint: <link>

265–293 (text), 294–312 (observations)

Based on BNF MS 12404. According to Poulin, the edition is a little sloppy and omits a part in ch. 2.

Secondary sources (select)

Poulin, Joseph-Claude, L’hagiographie bretonne du Haut Moyen Âge. Repertoire raisonné, Beihefte der Francia, 69, Ostfildern: Thorbecke, 2009.

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