The Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 70)

• Editor/a . Jordan, Robert H.
• Editor/a . Morris, Rosemary
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2022

Theodore (759-826), abbot of the influential Constantinopolitan monastery of Stoudios, is celebrated as a saint by the Orthodox Church for his stalwart defense of icon veneration. Three important texts promoting the monastery and the memory of its founder are collected in The Life and Death ...

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The Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 70)

• Jordan, Robert H.;
• Morris, Rosemary
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2022

Theodore (759-826), abbot of the influential Constantinopolitan monastery of Stoudios, is celebrated as a saint by the Orthodox Church for his stalwart defense of icon veneration. Three important texts promoting the monastery and the memory of its founder are collected in The Life and Death ...

The Old English Pastoral Care

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 72)

• Editor/a . Fulk, R.D.
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2022

The Book of Pastoral Rule, or Liber regulae pastoralis, by Pope Gregory the Great-the pontiff responsible for the conversion of the English to Christianity beginning in 597-is a guide for aspiring bishops. Pope Gregory explains who ought and who ought not seek such a position ...

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The Old English Pastoral Care

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 72)

• Fulk, R.D.
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2022

The Book of Pastoral Rule, or Liber regulae pastoralis, by Pope Gregory the Great-the pontiff responsible for the conversion of the English to Christianity beginning in 597-is a guide for aspiring bishops. Pope Gregory explains who ought and who ought not seek such a position ...

The Byzantine Sinbad

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 67)

• Andreopoulos, Michael
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2021

The Byzantine Sinbad collects The Book of Syntipas the Philosopher and The Fables of Syntipas, both translated from Syriac in the late eleventh century by the scholar Michael Andreopoulos. Originally written in Persian and part of a multilingual and multicultural medieval storytelling tradition, The Book ...

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The Byzantine Sinbad

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 67)

• Andreopoulos, Michael
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2021

The Byzantine Sinbad collects The Book of Syntipas the Philosopher and The Fables of Syntipas, both translated from Syriac in the late eleventh century by the scholar Michael Andreopoulos. Originally written in Persian and part of a multilingual and multicultural medieval storytelling tradition, The Book ...

The old English and Anglo-Latin riddle tradition

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 69)

• Editor/a . Orchard, Andy
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2021

What offers over seven hundred witty enigmas in several languages? Answer: The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition. Riddles, wordplay, and inscrutable utterances have been at the heart of Western literature for many centuries. Often brief and always delightful, medieval riddles provide insights into the ...

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The old English and Anglo-Latin riddle tradition

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 69)

• Orchard, Andy
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2021

What offers over seven hundred witty enigmas in several languages? Answer: The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition. Riddles, wordplay, and inscrutable utterances have been at the heart of Western literature for many centuries. Often brief and always delightful, medieval riddles provide insights into the ...

Fortune and misfortune at Saint Gall

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 68)

• Ekkerhardus IV, Deán de San Gall
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2021

The eleventh-century monk Ekkehard IV’s Fortune and Misfortune at Saint Gall, part of the chronicles of the famous Swiss abbey, is a treasure trove of medieval monastic life. Saint Gall’s records span its humble beginnings in the early seventh century to the late ...

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Fortune and misfortune at Saint Gall

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 68)

• Ekkerhardus IV, Deán de San Gall
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2021

The eleventh-century monk Ekkehard IV’s Fortune and Misfortune at Saint Gall, part of the chronicles of the famous Swiss abbey, is a treasure trove of medieval monastic life. Saint Gall’s records span its humble beginnings in the early seventh century to the late ...

Old English Legal Writings

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 66)

• Wulfstan de York
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2020

Archbishop Wulfstan of York (d. 1023) was a powerful clergyman and the most influential political thinker of pre-Conquest England. An advocate for the rights and privileges of the Church, he authored the laws of King Aethelred and King Cnut in prose that combined the rhetorical ...

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Old English Legal Writings

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 66)

• Wulfstan de York
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2020

Archbishop Wulfstan of York (d. 1023) was a powerful clergyman and the most influential political thinker of pre-Conquest England. An advocate for the rights and privileges of the Church, he authored the laws of King Aethelred and King Cnut in prose that combined the rhetorical ...

Homilies

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 64)

• Sofronio, Santo, Patriarca de Jerusalén
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2020

Sophronios, born in Damascus around 560, was a highly educated monk and prolific writer who spent much of his life traveling in the Eastern Roman Empire and promoting the doctrines of the controversial Council of Chalcedon (451). The Homilies-like his poetry, biographies, and miracle accounts-bear ...

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Homilies

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 64)

• Sofronio, Santo, Patriarca de Jerusalén
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2020

Sophronios, born in Damascus around 560, was a highly educated monk and prolific writer who spent much of his life traveling in the Eastern Roman Empire and promoting the doctrines of the controversial Council of Chalcedon (451). The Homilies-like his poetry, biographies, and miracle accounts-bear ...

Parisiana Poetria

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 65)

• Johannes, de Garlandia (s. XIII)
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2020

The Parisiana poetria, first published around 1220, expounds the medieval theory of poetry (ars poetica) and summarizes early thirteenth-century thought about writing. While the text draws on predecessors such as the Rhetorica ad Herennium, Horace's Ars poetica, and work by Geoffrey of Vinsauf, its ...

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Parisiana Poetria

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 65)

• Johannes, de Garlandia (s. XIII)
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2020

The Parisiana poetria, first published around 1220, expounds the medieval theory of poetry (ars poetica) and summarizes early thirteenth-century thought about writing. While the text draws on predecessors such as the Rhetorica ad Herennium, Horace's Ars poetica, and work by Geoffrey of Vinsauf, its ...

Old English Lives of Saints. Volume I

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 58)

• Editor/a . Aelfric, Abad de Eynsham
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MA), 2019

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 saints-including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops-for a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent time when England ...

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Old English Lives of Saints. Volume I

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 58)

• Aelfric, Abad de Eynsham
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MA), 2019

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 saints-including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops-for a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent time when England ...

The history of the kings of Britain: the first variant version

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 57)

• Editor/a . Burchmore, David W.
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MA), 2019

Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain-the earliest work to detail the legendary foundation of Britain by Brutus the Trojan and the life of King Arthur-was among the most widely read books throughout the Middle Ages. Its sweeping account of the Britons ...

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The history of the kings of Britain: the first variant version

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 57)

• Burchmore, David W.
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MA), 2019

Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain-the earliest work to detail the legendary foundation of Britain by Brutus the Trojan and the life of King Arthur-was among the most widely read books throughout the Middle Ages. Its sweeping account of the Britons ...

Old English Lives of Saints. Volume III

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 60)

• Aelfric, Abad de Eynsham
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MA), 2019

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 saints—including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops—for a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent time ...

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Old English Lives of Saints. Volume III

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 60)

• Aelfric, Abad de Eynsham
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MA), 2019

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 saints—including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops—for a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent time ...

Old English Lives of Saints. Volume II

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 59)

• Aelfric, Abad de Eynsham
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MA), 2019

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 saints—including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops—for a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent time ...

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Old English Lives of Saints. Volume II

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 59)

• Aelfric, Abad de Eynsham
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MA), 2019

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 saints—including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops—for a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent time ...

Allegories of the Odyssey

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 56)

• Tzetzes, John
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MA), 2019

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were central to the educational system of Byzantium, yet the religion and culture of the Homeric epics-even the ancient Greek language itself-had become almost unrecognizable to Byzantine Greek readers coming to the texts nearly two millennia later. The scholar, poet ...

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Allegories of the Odyssey

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 56)

• Tzetzes, John
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MA), 2019

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were central to the educational system of Byzantium, yet the religion and culture of the Homeric epics-even the ancient Greek language itself-had become almost unrecognizable to Byzantine Greek readers coming to the texts nearly two millennia later. The scholar, poet ...

Saints of Ninth- and Tenth-Century Greece

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 54)

• Editor/a . Kaldellis, Anthony
• Editor/a . Polemis, Ioannis
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

Saints of Ninth- and Tenth-Century Greece collects funeral orations, encomia, and narrative hagiography. Together, these works illuminate one of the most obscure periods of Greek history-when holy men played central roles as the Byzantine administration reimposed control on southern and central Greece in the wake ...

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Saints of Ninth- and Tenth-Century Greece

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 54)

• Kaldellis, Anthony;
• Polemis, Ioannis
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

Saints of Ninth- and Tenth-Century Greece collects funeral orations, encomia, and narrative hagiography. Together, these works illuminate one of the most obscure periods of Greek history-when holy men played central roles as the Byzantine administration reimposed control on southern and central Greece in the wake ...

Architrenius

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 55)

• Johannes de Hauvilla
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

Architrenius, a satirical allegory in dactylic hexameters completed in 1184 by the Norman poet Johannes de Hauvilla, follows the journey of its eponymous protagonist, the "arch-weeper," who stands in for an emerging class of educated professionals tempted by money and social standing. Architrenius's quest ...

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Architrenius

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 55)

• Johannes de Hauvilla
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

Architrenius, a satirical allegory in dactylic hexameters completed in 1184 by the Norman poet Johannes de Hauvilla, follows the journey of its eponymous protagonist, the "arch-weeper," who stands in for an emerging class of educated professionals tempted by money and social standing. Architrenius's quest ...

Medieval latin lives of Muhammad

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 51)

• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

Throughout the Middle Ages, Christians wrote about Islam and the life of Muhammad. These stories, ranging from the humorous to the vitriolic, both informed and warned audiences about what was regarded as a schismatic form of Christianity. Medieval Latin Lives of Muhammad covers nearly five ...

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Medieval latin lives of Muhammad

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 51)

• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

Throughout the Middle Ages, Christians wrote about Islam and the life of Muhammad. These stories, ranging from the humorous to the vitriolic, both informed and warned audiences about what was regarded as a schismatic form of Christianity. Medieval Latin Lives of Muhammad covers nearly five ...

The poems of Christopher of Mytilene and John Mauropous

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 50)

• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

The witty and self-assertive poetry of Christopher of Mytilene and John Mauropous provides unique snapshots of eleventh-century Constantinople at the height of its splendor and elegance. Their collections, aptly called "various verses," greatly range in length and style-including epigrams, polemics, encomia, and more-and their poems ...

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The poems of Christopher of Mytilene and John Mauropous

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 50)

• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

The witty and self-assertive poetry of Christopher of Mytilene and John Mauropous provides unique snapshots of eleventh-century Constantinople at the height of its splendor and elegance. Their collections, aptly called "various verses," greatly range in length and style-including epigrams, polemics, encomia, and more-and their poems ...

Tria sunt: an art of poetry and prose

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 53)

• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

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 revival of interest in the art of poetry and prose. The backbone of this comprehensive guide to writing Latin ...

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Tria sunt: an art of poetry and prose

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• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

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 revival of interest in the art of poetry and prose. The backbone of this comprehensive guide to writing Latin ...

Two works on Trebizond

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 52)

• Panaretos, Michael (1320-1390)
• Bessarion, Basilius 1395-1472
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

In 1204, brothers Alexios and David Komnenos became the unwitting founders of the Empire of Trebizond, a successor state to the Byzantine Empire that emerged after Crusaders sacked Constantinople. Trebizond, which stretched along the coast of the Black Sea, outlasted numerous rivals and invaders until ...

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Two works on Trebizond

(Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; 52)

• Panaretos, Michael (1320-1390);
• Bessarion, Basilius 1395-1472
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2019

In 1204, brothers Alexios and David Komnenos became the unwitting founders of the Empire of Trebizond, a successor state to the Byzantine Empire that emerged after Crusaders sacked Constantinople. Trebizond, which stretched along the coast of the Black Sea, outlasted numerous rivals and invaders until ...

Carmina Burana

Volume I

• Anónimo
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2018

Carmina Burana, literally "Songs from Beuern," is named after the village where the manuscript was found. The songbook consists of nearly 250 poems, on subjects ranging from sex and gambling to crusades and corruption. Compiled in the thirteenth century in South Tyrol, a German-speaking region ...

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Carmina Burana

Volume I

• Anónimo
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2018

Carmina Burana, literally "Songs from Beuern," is named after the village where the manuscript was found. The songbook consists of nearly 250 poems, on subjects ranging from sex and gambling to crusades and corruption. Compiled in the thirteenth century in South Tyrol, a German-speaking region ...