The Sibyl and Her Scribes

Zusatztext 'The research that she has done on the manuscript tradition is outstanding and deserves to be made more widely available. In addition! she has made a significant contribution to broader understanding of the diffusion of the Sibyllina by demonstrating how the Christological sections of the Sibylla Tiburtina were much more important than had previously been known. In making this point! she corrects much previous scholarship on this family of texts (including my own).' Bernard McGinn! University of Chicago Informationen zum Autor Dr Anke Holdenried is Lecturer in Medieval History in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Bristol, UK Klappentext The Sibylla Tiburtina is a Latin prophecy attributed to a prophetess from classical antiquity. It concludes with an account of the End of History, involving the coming of Antichrist and his battle with a Last World Emperor. Approximately 100 manuscripts written between the mid-11th and the 16th centuries survive which testify to the Tiburtina's immense popularity in the medieval West; as such it is a key text for understanding medieval apocalypticism and occupies an important place in the intellectual history of the Middle Ages. This book not only re-examines the Tiburtina as a vehicle for expressing contemporary political concerns triggered by crises thought to herald the End of the World, but offers a new approach by placing it, for the first time, in the context of medieval traditions which saw Sibylline prophecy as independent, non-Christian evidence of Christ's life and as confirmation of His divinity. As is shown, these traditions had a major impact on the reception of the Tiburtina. The book concludes with a repertory of the manuscripts, together with brief outlines of individual textual traditions as represented in groups of manuscripts, which will constitute a valuable reference source for other scholars. Zusammenfassung Dating from the fourth century AD, the prophecy of the 'Sibylla Tiburtina' was one of medieval Europe's most widely disseminated Latin eschatological prophecies. This study addresses the variety of non-political interests and concerns which medieval readers brought to the prophecy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction. Part I Approaches to the Tiburtina: The Tiburtina in the context of editorial concerns; Extant manuscripts: repositories of medieval approaches to the Tiburtina; The neglected medieval context: the Sibyl as prophetess of Christ. Part II The Tiburtina in the Context of its Medium of Transmission: Associated content; Salvation, judgement and the Tiburtina. Part III The Impact of the Christological Tradition of Sibylline Prophecy: The evidence of the margins; Beyond the regnal lists: the evidence of textual variations; Matthew Paris, Augustine and the Tiburtina; Conclusion. Part IV Manuscripts: Guide to the conspectus of extant manuscripts; Conspectus of extant manuscripts. Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes....

Autorentext
Dr Anke Holdenried is Lecturer in Medieval History in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Bristol, UK

Klappentext
The Sibylla Tiburtina is a Latin prophecy attributed to a prophetess from classical antiquity. It concludes with an account of the End of History, involving the coming of Antichrist and his battle with a Last World Emperor. Approximately 100 manuscripts written between the mid-11th and the 16th centuries survive which testify to the Tiburtina's immense popularity in the medieval West; as such it is a key text for understanding medieval apocalypticism and occupies an important place in the intellectual history of the Middle Ages. This book not only re-examines the Tiburtina as a vehicle for expressing contemporary political concerns triggered by crises thought to herald the End of the World, but offers a new approach by placing it, for the first time, in the context of medieval traditions which saw Sibylline prophecy as independent, non-Christian evidence of Christ's life and as confirmation of His divinity. As is shown, these traditions had a major impact on the reception of the Tiburtina. The book concludes with a repertory of the manuscripts, together with brief outlines of individual textual traditions as represented in groups of manuscripts, which will constitute a valuable reference source for other scholars.

Zusammenfassung
Dating from the fourth century AD, the prophecy of the 'Sibylla Tiburtina' was one of medieval Europe's most widely disseminated Latin eschatological prophecies. This study addresses the variety of non-political interests and concerns which medieval readers brought to the prophecy.

Inhalt
Contents: Introduction. Part I Approaches to the Tiburtina: The Tiburtina in the context of editorial concerns; Extant manuscripts: repositories of medieval approaches to the Tiburtina; The neglected medieval context: the Sibyl as prophetess of Christ. Part II The Tiburtina in the Context of its Medium of Transmission: Associated content; Salvation, judgement and the Tiburtina. Part III The Impact of the Christological Tradition of Sibylline Prophecy: The evidence of the margins; Beyond the regnal lists: the evidence of textual variations; Matthew Paris, Augustine and the Tiburtina; Conclusion. Part IV Manuscripts: Guide to the conspectus of extant manuscripts; Conspectus of extant manuscripts. Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.

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