Location:Gembloux - Date:written between 1175 en c. 1230 - Commission: /

59 letters

Guibert of Gembloux was a prolific letter writer. In addition to this epistularium, his most significant letter collection, his epistolary output also comprises a collection of letter treatises (see NaSo 2309) and several letters preserved as individual letters (see NaSo 522, 2310 and 2311). The epistularium was carefully compiled by Guibert in ms. KBR 5527-34. In this manuscript the letters are interwoven with non-epistolary texts, such as work by Joseph of Exeter. The manuscript opens with Guibert’s versed Vita Sancti Martini (see NaSo 516). Of the final two letters, or perhaps rather sermons, only a fragment is preserved.

Letter collection containing 59 letters written by, addressed to or relevant for Guibert of Gembloux. The collection was compiled (and revised) by Guibert himself, or according to his instructions, at the end of his life. The correspondents comprise, among others, illustrious figures such as Hildegard of Bingen, the scholaster Joseph of Exeter, Philip of Heinsberg (archbishop of Cologne, 1167-1191) as well as several archbishops of Mainz, e.g. Siegfried of Eppstein (1200-1230), and monastic communities, such as Rupertsberg, Marmoutier at Tours and Gembloux itself. The letters document Guibert’s efforts in building his own personal network and treat a diverse range op topics, such as events from Guibert’s life (e.g. his pilgrimage to Tours), the figure and cult of St Martin, spiritual exhortations, criticism of Guibert, a defense of his stay among the women of Rupertsberg and Guibert's Life of Hildegard of Bingen (see NaSo 512).

Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Phil. Latein
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Köln, Historisches Archiv der Stadt

DEROLEZ (A.), Guiberti Gemblacensis Epistolae, Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaevalis, LXVI + LXVI A (Turnhout, 1988 & 1989) (2 delen, de brieven van Hildegard zijn in deze editie niet opgenomen)
MARTÈNE (E.), DURAND (U.), Veterum scriptorum et monumentorum historicorum dogmaticorum moralium amplissima collectio, 1 (Paris, 1724) 916-943 (fragment)

DEROLEZ (A.), Guiberti Gemblacensis Epistolae Pars 1: Epistolae I-XXIV, Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaeualis, LXVI (Turnhout, 1988)
DEROLEZ (A.), Guiberti Gemblacensis Epistolae Pars 2: Epistolae XXV-LVI, Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaeualis, LXVI A (Turnhout, 1989)
Index scriptorum III/2, 89-95
Index scriptorum operumque Latino-Belgicorum Medii Aevi, 3:1 (Bruxelles, 1979) 41 111 117-121
MOENS (S.), 'Twelfth-century epistolary language of friendship reconsidered. The case of Guibert of Gembloux', Revue Belge de philologie et d'histoire/ Belgisch tijdschrift voor filologie en geschiedenis, 88 (2010), 983-1017
STORCH (W.), Briefwecksel mit Wibert von Gembloux (Augsburg, 1993)