Petrus Riga

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Petrus Riga (* around 1140 ; † 1209 ) was a French clergyman, poet and canon at Reims Cathedral . In Latin he wrote the Aurora , an influential verse Bible in the later Middle Ages. In late medieval manuscripts he is often referred to as Petrus de Riga, which incorrectly suggests an origin from the Latvian Riga . He studied in Paris .

In 1965 Beichner gives 248 preserved manuscripts. Since then, more have been found, such as B. Cod.Sal.IX, 30 and Cod.Sal.IX, 62, both of which are in the Heidelberg University Library and are also available digitally.

literature

  • Paul E. Beichner (1965, two volumes), Aurora: Petri Rigae Biblia Versificata. A Verse Commentary on the Bible
  • Max Manitius (1931, Vol. 3), History of Latin Literature in the Middle Ages , pp. 820–831
  • H.-F. Delaborde, " Un poème inédit de Pierre Riga sur la naissance de Philippe II " in Ch. Jourdain, ed., Notices et documents publiés pour la Société de l'histoire de France à l'occasion du cinquantième anniversaire de sa fondation (Lutetiae, 1884) pp. 121-127
  • B. Hauréau , " Un poème inédit de Pierre Riga " in Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes vol. 44 (1883) pp. 5-11
  • B. Hauréau, ed., Le Mathematicus de Bernard Silvestris et la Passio Sanctae Agnetis de Pierre Riga . Lutetiae: Klincksieck, 1895 Textus apud archive.org

Manuscripts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul E. Beichner: Aurora. Petri Rigae Biblia Versificata. A Verse Commentary on the Bible. 1965.
  2. ↑ H.-F. Delaborde, " Un poème inédit de Pierre Riga sur la naissance de Philippe II " in Ch. Jourdain, ed., Notices et documents publiés pour la Société de l'histoire de France à l'occasion du cinquantième anniversaire de sa fondation (Lutetiae, 1884) pp. 121-127
  3. ↑ Paul E. Beichner: Aurora. Petri Rigae Biblia Versificata. A Verse Commentary on the Bible. 1965.
  4. ↑ Cod.Sal.IX, 30
  5. ↑ Cod.Sal.IX, 62
personal data
SURNAME Petrus Riga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French clergyman and poet
DATE OF BIRTH around 1140
DATE OF DEATH 1209