Treatises by or relating to St. Cyprian of Carthage, written in the 10th century
'In hoc codice Sancti Cypriani Epistolae sunt numero xxiiii', 22 treatises by or relating to Cyprian. They are:
- (fol. 2) Epistola ad Donatum;
- (fol. 6av) Liber ad Demetrianum;
- (fol. 13) Epistola ad Fortunatum de exhortatione martyrii;
- (fol. 22v) Liber de Lapsis;
- (fol. 32v) Liber de opere et eleemosynis;
- (fol. 40) De mortalitate;
- (fol. 46) De bono patientiae;
- (fol. 52) De Oratione Dominica;
- (fol. 60v) Epist. ad Caecilium;
- (fol. 65) Liber de habitu Virginum;
- (fol. 71) Liber de zelo et livore;
- (fol. 76) De Unitate Ecclesiae;
- (fol. 84) De idolorum vanitate;
- (fol. 87) Epist. ad Thibaritanos de exhortatione martyrii - see item 16;
- (fol. 91) Epist. ad Nemesianum;
- As item 14, with an independent text;
- (fol. 97) Epist. ad Antonianum;
- (fol. 105v) Testimoniorum adversus Iudaeos libri tres ad Quirinum, the chapters being numbered by Greek letters;
- (fol. 147) Epist. ad Florentium (Pupianum) de obtrectatoribus;
- (fol. 149) Epistola cleri Romani ad s. Cyprianum, by Novatianus (?), but here called Cyprian's treatise ad Romanos (!);
- (fol. 21) Epist. ad Eucratium de histrione;
- (fol. 152) Concilium Carthaginense (A.D. 253) de infantibus baptizandis;
- (fol. 153v) Concilium Carthaginense (A.D. 256) de haereticis baptizandis.
A facsimile of part of fol. 125v is on pl. x of the Libri Catalogue.
Dates
- Creation: written in the 10th century
Extent
160 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Add. C. 15
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 24713.
Custodial History
'Liber...is. Epistole Cypriani' 12th cent.: a 19th cent. note bears '3. M. Henri Chatiffour a Colmar.' The 'original oak binding' of 1859 has disappeared.
Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 299*
Physical Facet
On parchment
Dimensions
13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.
Repository Details
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