The 'Laterculus Malalianus' and the School of Archbishop Theodore

An edition of the only surviving complete text from the school of Archbishop Theodore.

Jane Stevenson (Author)

9780521374613, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 June 1995

272 pages
23.6 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.513 kg

"Jane Stevenson has performed a genuine service for medieval studies by making available in an exemplary fashion a hitherto little-known work of an undeniably odd sort while at the same time establishing in a broad context both the work's important and, almost certainly, its authorship. Stevenson's presentation is almost beyond praise." Richard W. Pfaff, Speculum

The Laterculus Malalianus, a historical exegesis of the life of Christ, appears to be the only complete text to survive from the hand of Archbishop Theodore at Canterbury. Its language, style and intellectual frame of reference are thus of great importance for establishing the nature and scope of teaching at Canterbury, the first school of Anglo-Saxon England. This edition, with translation and commentary, is the third volume in this series to offer a reassessment of Canterbury as a major seat of learning, together with Bernhard Bischoff's and Michael Lapidge's edition of the biblical commentaries from the Canterbury school and Michael Lapidge's edited collection of essays on the life and influence of Archbishop Theodore. In the introduction Jane Stevenson examines the intellectual milieu of this work, argues the case for attribution to Theodore, and suggests the need for a complete rethinking of the basis of Anglo-Saxon culture.

Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. The contents of the Laterculus
3. Date and origin of the Laterculus
4. The nature of the Laterculus
5. Sources of the Laterculus
6. The Latinity of the Laterculus
7. Translational technique of the Laterculus
8. Manuscripts
9. Conclusion
Text and translation
Commentary
Appendix: variant and anomalous biblical texts
Bibliography
Index of biblical sources
General index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]