Date of Award
12-1992
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Medieval Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Rand Johnson
Second Advisor
Dr. E. Rozanne Elder
Third Advisor
Dr. Otto Grundler
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Manuscripts of the commentary of Atto of Vercelli on the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans were transcribed and collated, and a critical edition of the commentary, from the Prologue to Atto’s comments on chapter two, verse thirteen of the biblical text, was produced, noting textual variants, Scriptural quotations, and Patristic sources. This edition was compared with previous editions of the commentary, and variants were listed. A comparison was made with manuscripts of another commentary on Romans which was paraphrased from Atto’s, and similarities and differences were noted.
Microfilms of two manuscripts were used in the transcription: Vercelli Biblioteca Capitolare MS XXXIX (40), and Karlsruhe Badische Landesbibliothek Aug. CL. The latter has never been collated with the former, which was the sole basis of the previous editions. The Karlsruhe manuscript had significant variant readings, including text not found in the Vercelli manuscript. These variants, when incorporated into the text, produced a text notably improved over the previous editions.
Recommended Citation
Cartwright, Steven R., "Expositeo Attonis Episcopivercellensis in Epistolam Sancti Pauli Ad Romanos: Introduction and Partial Text" (1992). Masters Theses. 893.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/893