The Vulgate Bible: Volume II The Historical Books: Douay-Rheims Translation

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
• This second volume of a projected six-volume set of the complete Vulgate Bible presents the Historical Books of the Bible, which tell of Joshua’s lead... Lees meer

The Rule of Saint Benedict

Benedict of Nursia

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
• One of the most influential texts in the Middle Ages, The Rule of Saint Benedict offers guidance about both the spiritual and organizational dimension... Lees meer

Old Testament Narratives

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
• The Old English poems in this volume are among the first retellings of scriptural texts in a European vernacular. More than simple translations, they ... Lees meer

Two Works on Trebizond

Michael Panaretos, Bessarion

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 52
• In 1204, brothers Alexios and David Komnenos became the unwitting founders of the Empire of Trebizond, a successor state to the Byzantine Empire that ... Lees meer

Biblical and Pastoral Poetry

Alcimus Avitus

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• Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus, bishop of Vienne and a vigorous defender of Christian orthodoxy, was born into the senatorial aristocracy in southern Gaul in... Lees meer

Old English Lives of Saints

Aelfric

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 58
• Old English Lives of Saints , a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric in his distinctive alliterative prose, portrays an array o... Lees meer

The Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios

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• Theodore (759-826), abbot of the influential Constantinopolitan monastery of Stoudios, is celebrated as a saint by the Orthodox Church for his stalwar... Lees meer

Carmina Burana

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 49
• Carmina Burana , literally "Songs from Beuern," is named after the village where the manuscript was found. The songbook consists of nearly 250 poems, ... Lees meer

Animal Fables of the Courtly Mediterranean

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• Animal Fables of the Courtly Mediterranean is a treasure trove of stories and lessons on how to conduct oneself and succeed in life, sometimes through... Lees meer

Tria Sunt

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 53
• The Tria sunt, named for its opening words, was a widely used and highly ambitious book composed in England in the late fourteenth century during a re... Lees meer

The Old English Pastoral Care

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
• The Book of Pastoral Rule , or Liber regulae pastoralis , by Pope Gregory the Great--the pontiff responsible for the conversion of the English to Chri... Lees meer

Apocalypse. an Alexandrian World Chronicle

Pseudo-Methodius

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 14
• This volume contains two texts that crossed the Mediterranean in Late Antiquity. The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius was one of the first works compose... Lees meer

Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 27
• Religious piety has rarely been animated as vigorously as in Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints . Ranging from lyrical to dramatic to narrativ... Lees meer

Literary Works

Alan of Lille

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 22
• A product of the cathedral schools that played a foundational role in the so-called Twelfth-Century Renaissance, Alan of Lille was renowned for the va... Lees meer

Writings on Body and Soul

Aelred Of Rievaulx

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• Aelred (1110-1167), abbot of Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire, has always been a controversial figure. He was beloved by his monks and widely admired, but ... Lees meer

Life of the Virgin Mary

John Geometres

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• The first complete, modern translation of one of the most important Byzantine works of Marian doctrine and devotion. John Geometres (ca. 935-ca. 1000)... Lees meer

Carmina Burana

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 48
• Carmina Burana , literally "Songs from Beuern," is named after the village where the manuscript was found. The songbook consists of nearly 250 poems, ... Lees meer

Old English Lives of Saints

Aelfric

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 59
• Old English Lives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric in his distinctive alliterative prose, portrays an array of... Lees meer

The Old English History of the World

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 44
• The Old English History of the World is a translation and adaptation of the Latin history known as the Seven Books of History against the Pagans , wri... Lees meer

The Byzantine Sinbad

Michael Andreopoulos

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 67
• The Byzantine Sinbad collects The Book of Syntipas the Philosopher and The Fables of Syntipas , both translated from Syriac in the late eleventh centu... Lees meer

The Vulgate Bible

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 21
• This volume completes the six-volume Vulgate Bible . Compiled and translated in large part by Saint Jerome at the turn of the fifth century ce, the Vu... Lees meer

The Vulgate Bible

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• Volume III in this six-volume translation of the Vulgate Bible begins with Job’s argument with God and continues with the Psalms and the Canticle of C... Lees meer

On Difficulties in the Church Fathers: The Ambigua

Maximos the Confessor

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 29
• Maximos the Confessor (580-662) occupies a unique position in the history of Byzantine philosophy, theology, and spirituality. His profound spiritual ... Lees meer

The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition

• Hardcover | Engels | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | nr. 69
• What offers over seven hundred witty enigmas in several languages? Answer: The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition. Riddles, wordplay, and in... Lees meer