Vitas patrum [Latin]

Notes:

• 'Collections with this common title invariably begin with Rufinus’s translation (often ascribed to Jerome) of the Historia monachorum in Aegypto (PL 21. 387–462; ed. E. Schulz-Flügel [Berlin 1990]), and then go on to include other Lives and apophthegmata of the type collected and published by H. Rosweyde and reprinted in PL vols. 73–4. Jerome’s Lives of St Paul the Hermit, St Hilarion, and St Malchus (CPL 617–19) also make a frequent appearance. [See also Historia monachorum in Aegypto; Jerome, Liber adhortationum sanctorum patrum.]' (Richard Sharpe)

See also:

• Jerome, pseudo: Verba seniorum siue Liber adhortationum sanctorum patrum [Latin]
• Verba seniorum (tr. Paschasius Dumiensis) [Latin]
• Other works with the subject 'monasticism and religious orders'

Manuscripts:

• Christ Church MS. 91 — Composite manuscript
• MS. Bodl. 386 (Selected pages online) — Composite manuscript
• MS. Bodl. 839 — 12th century, beginning; England, Lanthony
• MS. Canon. Misc. 167 — 10th century
• MS. Canon. Misc. 395 — 1441; Lanciano, Italy
• MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 41 — 10th century
• MS. Hatton 84 — 12th century; French (?)
• MS. Laud Misc. 83 (Digital facsimile online) — 11th century, second half; German
• MS. Laud Misc. 129 (Digital facsimile online) — 9th century, beginning; Germany, probably area of the river Main
• MS. Laud Misc. 315 (Digital facsimile online) — 13th century, second half; Germany
• MS. Laud Misc. 324 (Digital facsimile online) — 14th century, second half; Germany, Mainz Charterhouse
• MS. Laud Misc. 346 (Digital facsimile online) — Composite manuscript
• MS. Laud Misc. 471 (Selected pages online) — Composite manuscript
• MS. Lyell 46 — 15th century, middle; French
• MS. Rawl. C. 72 — 15th century, beginning; English
• MS. Rawl. Q. d. 12 — 16th century; English
• Merton College MS. 118 — S. XIV ex.; script of English appearance

The above references reflect only the current coverage of the online catalogue and may not be comprehensive.