Isidore of Seville, De Fide Catholica Contra Iudaeos (Book 1); Alcuin of York, Epistula ad Leonem Papam; Alcuin of York, De Fide Sancte et Individue Trinitatis; Alcuin of York, De Anime Ratione ( Epistula ad Eulaliam ); Alcuin of York, De Virtutibus et Vitiis; Alcuin of York, De Trinitate ad Fredegisum Questiones XXVIII
Agent
Preferred form
Isidore de Séville (saint, 0560?-0636)
Original form
Isidore of Seville, c 560-636, Saint, Bishop of Seville
Other form
Isidorus Hispalensis (saint ; 0560?-0636)
S. Isidorus Hispalensis
Isidorus Hispalensis
Isidore de Séville (saint ; 0560?-0636)
ISIDORUS HISPALENSIS (s.)
ISIDORUS HISPALENSIS
Sancti Isidori Hispalensis
ISIDORE
Isidore de Séville (0560?-0636 ; saint)
Isidorus
Isidore de Séville
Isidori Hispalensis
Isidori
ISIDORUS HISPALENSIS (s)
Isidorus Hispalensis (?),
Isidore (Saint), de Séville
Isidore de Séville saint 0560?-0636
Isidor, de Sevilla, sant, ca. 560-636
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
Isidoro, Santo, Arzobispo de Sevilla
Isidorus Hispalensis 560-636
Isidorus van Sevilla
Author: Isidorus, Hispalensis
Isidore
Isidore of Seville
Isodore of Seville
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636
Isidorus Hispalensis, 560?-636
Isidore de Séville (saint ; (0560?-0636)
Isidorus<Hispalensis>
Isidorus Hispalensis, 560-636
Isidorus, Hispalensis, 560-636
Isidore de Séville (saint)
Isidorus <Hispalensis> (560-636)
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636, author.
Isidore of Seville, Saint (-636)
Isidore de Séville (0560-0636)
Isidore de Séville (0560-0636) > Père de l'Eglise
Isidorus, Hispalensis (ca. 560-636)
Isidoro, Santo, Arzobispo de Sevilla, ca. 560-636
Isidorus <Hispalensis>
Isidoro de Sevilha, Santo, ca 560-636
Isidoro de Sevilha, Santo, ca 560-636 > , co-autor
This manuscript comprises texts written at different times, ff.
1v-26r was written in the 1st quarter of the 11th century and
probably decorated in Canterbury. Alcuin's epistle to Pope Leo III
(ff. 27v-28v) and the first part of his De fide sancte et individue
Trinitatis (On the faith of the holy and indivisble Trinity) (ff.
28v-38r) were written by a different scribe (see Gneuss,
Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts (2001), no. 467). In his Epistle to Pope
Leo III written in 801, Alcuin asked Pope Leon to absolve him from
his sins. The De fide sancte et individue Trinitatis is a
theological treatise written in Tours around 801-802 and dedicated
to Charlemagne. At Charlemagne's request Alcuin wrote a treatise on
the Trinity in order to correct the errors of the heresy of
adoptionism, a doctrine stating that Christ was adopted by God. The
De fide sancte et individue Trinitatis was continued by a later
English scribe (ff. 39r-57r) of the last quarter of the 11th
century, who also copied the De anime ratione ( Epistula ad
Eulaliam ) (Epistle to Eulalie on the nature of the Soul). This
epistle was addressed (between 801-804) to Gundrade, nicknamed
Eulalie, cousin of Charlemagne and Adalhard of Corbie's sister. She
had asked Alcuin to write a treatise on the nature of the soul. The
treatise ends with two chants. The latter part of the manuscript is
an English addition of the first quarter of the 12th century (ff.
57v-73r). This addition consists of Alcuin's De virtutibus et
vitiis (On virtues and vices) and De Trinitate ad Fredegisum
Questiones XXVIII (On the Trinity, Alcuin's answers to Fredegisus
of Tours's 28 questions) . The De virtutibus et vitiis was written
between 800 and 804 at the request of Guy of Nantes; it is a rule
of life dedicated to laymen. The De Trinitate ad Fredegisum
Questiones XXVIII was written between 802 and 804 and consists of
Alcuin's answers to Fredegisus's questions about the Trinity. In
his dedicatory epistle to his pupil Fredegisus, which is not
included here, Alcuin encouraged Fredegisus to teach. Contents: ff.
1v-26r: Isidore of Seville, De fide catholica contra Iudaeos, book
1, preceded by a prologue (f. 1v) and capitula (ff. 1v-2v);
beginning of the Prologue: 'Incipit prologus Isidori ad sororem
suam directam. Sancte sorori Florentiane (sic) Isidorus, quedam
diversis temporibus in veteris testamento libris prenuntiata sunt
de nativitate domini et salvatoris nostri secundum deitatem';
beginning of the text (f. 2v): 'Incipit liber Sancti Isidori quod
Christus a Deo Patre genitus est. Iudei nefaria incredulitate
Christum Dei filium abnegantes', ending (f. 26r): 'regnum atque
iudicium declaravimus. Explicit Liber Sancti Ysidori scriptus ad
sororem suam quia Christus a Deo patre genitus est'. The second
book of Isidore's De fide catholica contra Iudaeos is lacking. ff.
27v-28v: Alcuin of York, Epistula ad Leonem papam (the Epistle to
Pope Leo III), (Epistle 234) (ff. 27v-28v): 'Item alia eiusdem ad
Leonem apostolicum Urbis Rome. Domino Dilectissimo Leoni Pape
humilis levita Alchuinus salute. Quanta sit in vos, mirande pater,
meae mentis dilectio'. ff. 28v-52r: Alcuin of York, De fide sancte
et individue Trinitatis, dedicated to Charlemagne , without the
hymn and the confession, beginning with the dedication to
Charlemagne: 'Domino glorioso Carolo imperatori augustissimo atque
Christianissimo humilis levita Alchuinus in Domino Deo [...] Dum
dignitas imperialis a Deo ordinate, ad nihil aliud exaltata esse
videtur', followed by the chant 'O rex augusto clarissime dignus
honore' (ff. 29v-30r) and capitula of the three books (ff.
30r-31r). Book 1 (ff. 31v-38r) preceded by the prologue (ff.
31r-v), beginning: 'In hoc codice continentur de fide sancte
trinitatis et de incarnatione chisti libri tres. In nomine sancte
Trinitatis incipit Prologus. Quam vis enim in huius exilii
erumnosam'; beginning of the text (f. 31v): 'Denique ad veram
beatitudinem pervenire volentibus primo omnium fides necessaria
est'. Book 2 (ff. 38r-44v), preceded by the prologue (f. 38r),
beginning: 'Omnis itaque sanctorum auctoritas librorum hoc nobiscum
agit'; beginning of the text (f. 38r): 'Eorum igitur que sunt vel
fuerunt vel futura sunt'. Book 3 (ff. 44v-52r), preceded by the
prologue (ff 44v-45r), beginning: 'Duas enim creaturas rationales
condidit creator'; beginning of the text (f. 45r): 'In hoc etiam
evidenter commendatur quod Spiritus Sanctus sit donum Dei'; ending
(f. 52r): 'eo miserante mereamur ad illud pervenire regnum cuius
nullus est, finis'. ff. 52r-57r: Alcuin of York, Epistula ad
Eulaliam. De anime ratione ad Eulaliam Virginem , beginning:
'Karissime in Christi caritate sorori Eulalie virgini Albinus in
domino salutem. Sancte sollicitudini vestre et laudabili in Deo
studio placuit deprecari de ratione anime', followed by two chants
beginning: 'Qui mare qui terram celum qui condidit altum'. ff.
57v-71v: Alcuin of York, De virtutibus et vitiis, preceded by the
dedicatory epistle to Guy of Nantes (f. 57v), beginning: 'Incipit
epistula Aliquini ad Widonem comitem de utilitate anime.
Dilectissimo filio Widoni comiti Alquinus humilis levita salutem.
Memor petitionis tue et permissionis mee, qua obnixe flagitasti';
followed by capitula (ff. 57v-58r); beginning of the text (f. 58r):
'Primo omnium querendum est homini que sit vera scientia veraque
sapientia'. ff. 71v-73v: Alcuin of York, De Trinitate ad Fredegisum
questiones XXVIII (On the Trinity, Alcuin's answers to Fredegisus
of Tours's 28 questions), beginning: 'Incipit interrogationes
Fredegisi et reponsiones Albini. Interrogatio: Quomodo Deus vere
sit Unitas, et vere Trinitas? Responsio: Unitas in substantia,
Trinitas in personis', ending (f. 73r): 'dum emisit in cruce
spiritum Christus'. Expliciunt de Sancta Trinitate a Fredegiso
nobili proposite et ab Albino magistro Luculentissime solute'.
Decoration:One anthropomorphic initial formed of two monks in
outline drawing, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1v). One
initial with zoomorphic and interlace decoration in black ink, at
the beginning of the text (f. 2v). Initials and rubrics in red
throughout.
