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The ‘Vita Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi’ in COD. Laurent. PLUT. 90 SUP. 48

1962; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 18; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0362152900018201

2166-5508

Rudolph Arbesmann,

Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies

In 1955, Professor Eric Colledge of the University of Liverpool called our attention to hagiographical and historical material relating to the Order of the Augustinian Hermits, found in Cod. Plut. 90 sup. 48 of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence. The hagiographical section is headed by an anonymous Life of St. Augustine which, for its structure and the methods of its composition, offers a striking example of the genre of medieval hagio- graphy. We shall first give a general analysis of the MS and its contents, and then discuss the Vita Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis episcopi in detail.