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Manuscript witnesses

Text
Hereford, Cathedral Library, MS P vii 6 
In part.
ff. 58v–66  
MS
London, British Library, MS Royal 13 A x/2 
incipit: In Christi nomine incipit prologus vitae sancti Machutis episcopi atque confessoris. Domino sancto et meritis venerabili totoque pectoris sinu amplectendo ac meo magistro gregorio in sancta Trinitate Ratuilio episcopo mihi amantissimo Bili leuita humilis perpetuam salutem. Magnitudo caritatis   

This copy contains the prologue (ff. 63r-64v),  followed by a list of capitula (ff. 65r-66v).

f. 63r–f. 98r
Text
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 535 
ff. 62–93r  
Text
Rome, Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, MS A 80 
In part.
ff. 255v–258v  
Text
Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 1192 
In part.
ff. 72v–75  

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.] Le Duc, Gwenaël, Vie de saint Malo, évêque d'Alet, version écrite par le diacre Bili: textes latin et anglo-saxon avec traductions françaises, Saint-Malo: CERAA, 1979.
[ed.] Lot, Ferdinand, “Mélanges d’histoire bretonne II: Vita sancti Machutis par Bili”, Annales de Bretagne 24 (1908–1909): 235–262.
with introduction
[ed.] Lot, Ferdinand, “Mélanges d’histoire bretonne II: Vita sancti Machutis par Bili (suite)”, Annales de Bretagne 24 (1908): 382–405.
[ed.] Lot, Ferdinand, “Mélanges d’histoire bretonne II: Vita sancti Machutis par Bili (suite)”, Annales de Bretagne 24 (1908): 575–598.
[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>
167–256 (books I–II)

Secondary sources (select)

Poulin, Joseph-Claude, “Sources hagiographiques de la Gaule (SHG), II: les dossiers de S. Magloire de Dol et S. Malo d’Alet (province de Bretagne)”, Francia 17:1 (1990): 159–209.
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esp. 168ff