Una edición comentada del Evangelio de San Lucas de principios del siglo XI

Abstract

The medieval habit of reusing the old manuscripts provides us with a large number of remains of books that have disappeared nowadays but that constitute testimonies of great value about our past. It is the case of one independent folio of parchment that carne up, stuck on the wooden cover of a musical codex dating from the XIVth century. The folio is divided into three columns and contains a piece of Saint Luke 's Gospel (Luke 6, 8-19) in the middle, and notes on the original text in the margins. There are also calling signs repeated in the central column just where they fit. According to its script and disposition, the text of this example could be dated from the principle of the IXth century, in its second or third decade, and comes probably from West Germany. The best conserved specimen of the Carolingian time kept nowadays comes from Ireland and is dated from the VIIth century. It contains the main text of Ezequiel and, as notes, fragments of a famous homily by Gregory. The above presented specimen is one of the first of the Carolingian commented Bible.