Liber de similitudinibus et exemplis

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The Liber de similitudinibus et exemplis (also known under the name Tabula exemplorum ) is a collection of proverbs in Latin from the first half of the 13th century, arranged in alphabetical order by subject, starting with accidia (laziness) and ending with Xristi ascensio (the Ascension of Christ ). The work has often been ascribed to Anselm of Canterbury , from whose work most of the proverbs come. Also Eadmer , the biographer Anselm was named as presumed author. Some of De similitudinis' manuscripts have been illustrated. The earliest surviving manuscript with pictures is the British Library, Cotton Ms. Cleopatra C.XI, made around 1200–1220.

bibliography

  • Eadmeri monachi liber de sancti Anselmi similitudinibus , in: J.-P. Migne: Patrologiae cursus comletus. Series latina, Vol. 159, Col. 606-708
  • Claus Michael Kauffmann : New Images for Anselm's Table Talk: An Illustrated Manuscript of the Liber de similitudinibus, in: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 64 (2012), pp. 87–113
  • Jean Theobald Welter: La Tabula exemplorum secundum ordinem alphabeti: recueil d'exempla compile en France a la fin du XIIIe siecle . Paris 1926. [Selection in Latin]
  • Jean Théobald Welter: L 'exemplum dans la littérature religieuse et didactique du moyen âge . Paris-Toulouse 1927 [also contains: La tabula exemplorum secundum ordinem alphabeti ]
  • Lynn Thorndike: Liber de similitudinibus et exemplis (MS. Berne 293, fols 1r-75v) , in: Speculum 32, 1957, pp. 780-791.

Remarks

  1. ↑ CM Kauffmann: New Images for Anselm's Table Talk: An Illustrated Manuscript of the Liber de similitudinibus, in: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 64 (2012), pp. 87–113