The Eusebian canon tables; Zacharias of Besançon, De Concordia Evangelistarum; Bede, Expositio Super Acta Apostolorum; Bede, Retractatio in Actus Apostolorum; Victorinus of Pettau, Commentarius in Apocalypsim; Bede, Nomina Regionum atque Locorum de Actibus Apostolorum; Commemoratorium de Apocalypsi Iohannis Apostoli
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Bède le Vénérable (saint, 0673?-0735)
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Bede the Venerable, c 673-735, Saint
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Bède le Vénérable (saint ; 0673?-0735)
Beda Venerabilis
Beda Venerabilis (saint ; 0673?-0735)
BEDA VENERABILIS
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BEDA VENERABILIS (s.)
Bède
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Venerabilis Bedae
Bède le Vénérable (0673?-0735)
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Bede
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Bedae venerabilis
Bède le Vénérable saint 0673?-0735
Beda, el Venerable, sant, 673-735
Beda el Venerable, Santo
Beda Venerabilis 672-735
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
Author: Beda, Venerabilis
Commentator: Beda, Venerabilis
Bede (attributed to)
Bede the Venerable
Bede the Venerable (attrib.)
Bede (673/4–735)
The Venerable Bede
Beda Venerabilis, 673-735
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Bède le Vénérable
Beda <Venerabilis> (672-735)
Bede, the Venerable, Saint 673-735
Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
Zacharias of Besançon, d c 1156, also known as Zacharias Chrysopolitanus
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Zacharias Chrysopolitanus
Zacharias of Besançon OPrem
Zacharie de Besançon, écolâtre de la cathédrale Saint-Jean de Besançon en 1131, puis, vers 1140, moine prémontré à l'abbaye Saint-Martin de Laon (11..?-1157)
This manuscript is closely related to the readings of the New
Testament as it includes a concordance on the four Gospels written
by Zacharias of Besancon (d. 1157). It is followed by Bede's
commentary on the Acts of Apostle, including his retractatio, a
treatise in which he underlined his own mistakes in a previous
commentary on the Acts of Apostle. The manuscript includes also
another Bede's text related to the Acts of Apostle, the Nomina
Regionum atque Locorum de Actibus Apostolorum (The Names of the
Regions and Places in the Book of Acts) , a geographical dictionary
on the places and regions cited in Acts. The eschatological part of
the manuscript includes a commentary on Apocalypse by Victorinus of
Pettau and an anonymous commentary on Apocalypse. Contents:ff.
1v-6r: A table of chapters of the four Gospels ff. 6v-8v: The
Eusebian canon tables. ff. 9r-164v: Zacharias of Besançon, De
concordia evangelistarum (On the concordance of Gospels) with
glosses copied by the same scribe , preceded by a prologue (ff.
9r-16r); beginning of the prologue, imperfect: '[De excellentia
Evangelii et differentia ipsius ad legem, de figuris
evan]gelistarum et eorum modo scribendi, de materia Evangelii'; the
Epilogus brevis (the Brief Epilogue) in verse (f. 16r); the second
prologue (ff. 15v-16r); the third prologue (ff. 16r-v); capitula of
the two books (ff. 16v-17r); commentary on capitula (f. 17r); Book
1 (ff. 17r-48v), preceded by a prologue (ff. 17r-v), the text
beginning: 'In principio erat verbum [...]. Verbum, id est
sapientia nata, disponens omnia'; Book 2 (ff. 49r-80r), beginning:
'Et factum est cum consummasset Ihesu participiens duodecim
discipulis suis [...]. Civitates discipulorum dicit'; Book 3 (ff.
80r-131v), preceded by capitula (ff. 80r-v), beginning: 'Venit
Ihesu in partes Cesaree Philippi. Philippus frater Herodis tetracha
Ituree et Trachnotidis regionum'; Book 4 (ff. 132r-164v), preceded
by capitula (f. 132r), beginning: 'Et factum est, cum consummasset
Ihesus sermones hos omnes [...]. Scitis qui post biduum pascha fiet
[...]. Consummatis verbo et opera sermonibus cunctis ab initio
Evangelii', ending: 'Novissime visus est et mihi. Hoc non post
parvum tempus ascensionis'. ff. 165r-183r: Bede, Expositio super
Acta Apostolorum (Commentary on the Acts of Apostles), preceded by
capitula (ff. 165r-167r), extracts from the Admonitio Lectori
(Admonition to the reader) from Zacharias of Besancon's De
concordia evangelistarum (f. 167r), followed by a short text, which
is an anonymous commentary on Matthew, attributed here to Remigius
of Auxerre on the Passion and the Last Supper (f. 167r), beginning:
'Remigius in Mattheum capitulum CCCLI. Si anni recte computentur ab
inicio mundi usque ad passionem Domini invenimus quum ipso anno quo
Dominus passus est secundum annos Lunares VIII idus Martii fuit
neomenia'. Prologue of Bede's Expositio super Acta Apostolorum (ff.
167v-168r) , beginning: 'Domino in Christo desideratissimo et vere
beatissimo Acce episcopo'; beginning of the text (f. 168r): 'Primum
quidem sermonem feci de omnibus [...]. De omnibus se dicit Christi
factis et dictis in Evangelio scripsisse'. ff. 183r-192v: Bede,
Retractatio in Actus Apostolorum, in which the author corrected the
errors he made in his Commentary on the Acts of Apostles; preceded
by a prologue (f. 183r), beginning: 'Scimus eximium doctorem ac
pontificem Augustinum'; beginning of the text (f. 183r): 'Primum
quidem sermonem feci de omnibus'. ff. 193r-198v: Victorinus of
Pettau, Commentarius in Apocalypsim (Commentary on Apocalypse) ,
preceded by St Jerome's prologue on Victorinus of Pettau's
commentary on Apocalypse (f. 193r), beginning: 'Diversos marina
discrimina transvadantes inveniunt casus'; Victornus's commentary
beginning (f. 193r): 'Principium libri beatitudinem legenti,
audienti et servanti'. ff. 198v-200v: Bede, Nomina Regionum atque
Locorum de Actibus Apostolorum , beginning: 'Acheldemach, hoc est
ager sanguinis, qui hodieque demonstratur in Helia ad Australem
plagam montis Syon', imperfect at the end: 'Theatrum, locus a
spectaculo vocabulum mutuans, quod in eo populus desuper atque
spectans ludos scenicos contemplaretur'. ff. 200v-202r: Anonymous,
Commemoratorium de Apocalypsi Iohannis Apostoli, a reading guide on
the Apocalypse, beginning: 'Incipit brevis expositio Ieronimi in
Apocalypsim Iohannis apostoli. Iohannes Gratia Dei interpretatur,
figuram Christi tenuit' Decoration:Full-page canon tables with
decorated architectural frames in red, green, blue, and some yellow
(ff. 6v-8v). Four large decorated initials in gold and colours with
foliate motifs, hybrid creatures, and animals (ff. 17v, 49r, 80v,
132r), one including a head (f. 17v). Six puzzle initials in red
and blue with penwork decoration including arabesque motifs, one
with ropework motifs, one with some green (ff. 167v, 168r, 183r,
193r (x2), 100v). Numerous initials in blue or red, with penwork
decoration in the alternate colour and occasionally with a reserved
line. 3 initials in green with penwork decoration in red (ff. 49,
61v, 87v). Numerous small initials in red or blue. Display script
in red with some blue (f. 77v) or in brown with some red (f. 49r).
Rubrics in red. Underlining in red.
