On the Song of Songs (Cistercian Studies) by Gregory

Author:Gregory
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780879077693
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2012-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

EXCERPTS FROM THE WORKS OF

GREGORY THE GREAT ON

THE SONG OF SONGS

Compiled by Paterius and Bede

INTRODUCTION

There is no critical edition of the Liber testimonium of Paterius. Therefore, I have based my translation on the defective Maurist edition of 17051 that was reprinted by Migne in 1849.2 I have also utilized the corrections to this edition that were suggested by Raymond Étaix in his study of the manuscript tradition.3 I have omitted the phrase adiunctum est that the Maurists inserted before the scriptural citation in their edition, as André Wilmart has noted that it is not found in the manuscripts.4 The situation for Bede’s Commentary on the Song of Songs is much better. My translation is based on the critical edition established for Corpus Christianorum Series Latina by Dom David Hurst, OSB, in 1983.5 I have emended both these editions in a number of cases. These emendations, as well as other significant divergences between the excerpters and Gregory, are listed and explained in appendix 4.

There is much overlap in the excerpts compiled by Paterius and Bede. Rather than producing two separate translations with much repetition, it was thought best to present a single translation of Gregory’s comments on the Song of Songs as compiled by both authors. Both excerpters for the most part simply cite blocks of text from their source, though not always the same lines. Accordingly, the “dimensions” of their respective excerpts are indicated in each case. The signal within curly brackets {} indicates to whose excerpt the following text belongs. For example, {P10} indicates that the following part of the excerpt is drawn from Paterius and that it is the tenth of his collection; {B9} that what follows is drawn from Bede and that it is the ninth excerpt from his collection. In cases of overlap, annotations such as {P4/B2} are used. See appendix 2 for a table that lists how Paterius’s and Bede’s excerpts correspond to Gregory’s original text. The translation of these excerpts is preceded by Bede’s preface to his collection.

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