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- catalog abstract "This volume includes the first edition of a previously unknown text which throws wholly new light on the intellectual history of early medieval Europe. The biblical commentaries (never before printed or studied) represent the teaching of two extraordinarily gifted Greek scholars who came to England from the Byzantine East. Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury (668-90) and his colleague Hadrian (d. 710) established a school in Canterbury, to which they brought a wealth of experience and learning. These scholars applied their knowledge to the exposition of the Bible to a small group of Anglo-Saxon scholars, who recorded their teaching. The commentaries throw new light on the range of subjects which were taught in Canterbury at the time: medicine, philosophy, rhetoric, Roman civil law, as well as the biblical text itself, illustrating what was undoubtedly the high point of biblical scholarship between late antiquity and the Renaissance. Because both Hadrian and Theodore were from Greek-speaking parts of the Roman empire, their commentaries reveal new links between the Byzantine East and the Latin West in the seventh century. The present commentaries, found by Professor Bischoff in Milan in 1936, constitute one of the most important medieval texts discovered this century. The edition is introduced by substantial chapters on the intellectual background of the texts, their manuscript sources, the lives and milieux of the two Greek scholars. The Latin texts themselves are accompanied by facing English tranalations and extensive notes.".
- catalog contributor b5576848.
- catalog contributor b5576849.
- catalog contributor b5576850.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Archbishop Theodore -- 3. Abbot Hadrian -- 4. Theodore and Hadrian in England -- 5. The sources of the Canterbury biblical commentaries -- 6. The nature of the Canterbury biblical commentaries -- 7. The manuscripts -- Texts and translations. First commentary on the Pentateuch (PentI). Supplementary commentary on Genesis, Exodus and the gospels (Gn-Ex-EvIa). Second commentary on the gospels (EvII) -- Appendix I: Additional manuscript witnesses to the Milan biblical commentaries -- Appendix II: Two metrological treatises from the school of Canterbury -- Fig. 1 Cilicia and Syria -- Fig. 2 Constantinople in the seventh century -- Fig. 3 Churches and monasteries of seventh-century Rome -- Fig. 4 Cyrenaica and the Pentapolis -- Fig. 5 Campania and the Bay of Naples -- Fig. 6 Palestine.".
- catalog description "Because both Hadrian and Theodore were from Greek-speaking parts of the Roman empire, their commentaries reveal new links between the Byzantine East and the Latin West in the seventh century.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 572-587) and indexes.".
- catalog description "The present commentaries, found by Professor Bischoff in Milan in 1936, constitute one of the most important medieval texts discovered this century. The edition is introduced by substantial chapters on the intellectual background of the texts, their manuscript sources, the lives and milieux of the two Greek scholars. The Latin texts themselves are accompanied by facing English tranalations and extensive notes.".
- catalog description "These scholars applied their knowledge to the exposition of the Bible to a small group of Anglo-Saxon scholars, who recorded their teaching. The commentaries throw new light on the range of subjects which were taught in Canterbury at the time: medicine, philosophy, rhetoric, Roman civil law, as well as the biblical text itself, illustrating what was undoubtedly the high point of biblical scholarship between late antiquity and the Renaissance.".
- catalog description "This volume includes the first edition of a previously unknown text which throws wholly new light on the intellectual history of early medieval Europe. The biblical commentaries (never before printed or studied) represent the teaching of two extraordinarily gifted Greek scholars who came to England from the Byzantine East. Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury (668-90) and his colleague Hadrian (d. 710) established a school in Canterbury, to which they brought a wealth of experience and learning.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 612 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521330890 (hardback)".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 10".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "Introductory and critical material in English; biblical commentaries in Latin with facing English translation.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "englat lat".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England Canterbury".
- catalog subject "220.6 20".
- catalog subject "BS485 .B52 1994".
- catalog subject "Bible Commentaries Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "Biblioteca ambrosiana. Manuscript. M. 79 sup.".
- catalog subject "Hadrian, of Canterbury, Saint, -709.".
- catalog subject "Monasticism and religious orders Education England Canterbury History.".
- catalog subject "St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England) Bibliography.".
- catalog subject "St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England)".
- catalog subject "Theodore of Canterbury, Saint, 602-690.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Archbishop Theodore -- 3. Abbot Hadrian -- 4. Theodore and Hadrian in England -- 5. The sources of the Canterbury biblical commentaries -- 6. The nature of the Canterbury biblical commentaries -- 7. The manuscripts -- Texts and translations. First commentary on the Pentateuch (PentI). Supplementary commentary on Genesis, Exodus and the gospels (Gn-Ex-EvIa). Second commentary on the gospels (EvII) -- Appendix I: Additional manuscript witnesses to the Milan biblical commentaries -- Appendix II: Two metrological treatises from the school of Canterbury -- Fig. 1 Cilicia and Syria -- Fig. 2 Constantinople in the seventh century -- Fig. 3 Churches and monasteries of seventh-century Rome -- Fig. 4 Cyrenaica and the Pentapolis -- Fig. 5 Campania and the Bay of Naples -- Fig. 6 Palestine.".
- catalog title "Biblical commentaries from the Canterbury school of Theodore and Hadrian / edited by Bernhard Bischoff and Michael Lapidge.".
- catalog type "text".