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Vie de saint Bartélémy

Century: 13

Hagiography

French

Dioc. Cambrai

INCIPIT

Or vos dirons de monseigneur seint Berthelemi l'apostre...

EXPLICIT

(...)

Anonymous: Mon. Valcellensis-Passionaire français (Naso 2217)

Sex: M- Bio: -Status author (order, function): Cistercian Monks (SOCist)

EDITING

Location:Probably Vaucelles - Date:Shortly before 1250 (incorporated in the first 'Passionaire français) (BHL 1002 ) (Perrot, 1992: 20, 180-189) - Commission: /

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CONTEXT

ABSTRACT

Life of the apostle Bartholomaeus (+1th century). Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles of Christ. After Christ's death and resurrection he went to preach in the Middle East, Arabia and India. According to legend, Bartholomew died in Armenia by decapitation after they had stripped off his skin.

SOURCES

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale, 10326
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, nouv. acq. fr., 10128
Sainte-Geneviève, bibliotheek, 588

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 401
PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992) 213-215 (fragment)

LITERATURE

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 1002
LOCKYER (H.), All the Apostles of the Bible (Michigan, 1988) 250
MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 393-458
PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992)
VAN DER LINDEN (S.), De Heiligen (Antwerpen, 1999) 115-116

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Contributor:
Jeroen Deploige
An-Katrien Hanselaer

Update:
2014-04-08 16:46:22