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Book/Printed Material Poem on the Acts of the Apostles. Carmen de actibus apostolorum

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Title

  • Poem on the Acts of the Apostles.

Other Title

  • Carmen de actibus apostolorum

Summary

  • Arator's De Actibus Apostolorum (Acts of the Apostles), written in the sixth century, is the last example of Roman Biblical verse epic in the classical tradition. This 10th-century manuscript is decorated with a pen-and-ink drawing depicting Arator as he hands his work over for correction to Florianus, abbot of a convent near Milan; it is the earliest portrait of Arator to be preserved. The manuscript, which was apparently much used in the Middle Ages, seems to have been written and decorated in southwest Germany towards the end of the 10th century. It must be considered one of the rare examples of illuminated manuscripts from the Strasburg-Speyer-Worms region. The codex apparently reached the Benedictine monastery of Tegernsee soon after its completion, since it bears additions by known 11th-century scribes from this monastery, such as Froumund.

Names

  • Arator, Subdiaconus, active 513-544 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [975 to 999]

Headings

  • -  Germany
  • -  975 to 999
  • -  Bible. New Testament
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Latin poetry
  • -  Poetry

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "BSB shelfmark: Clm 19451|This description of the work was written by Claudia Fabian of the Bavarian State Library."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 137 folios : parchment ; 15 x 11.5 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Bavarian State Library.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668078

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Arator, Subdiaconus, Active 513-544 Author. Poem on the Acts of the Apostles. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 975 to 999, 0975] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668078/.

APA citation style:

Arator, S. (0975) Poem on the Acts of the Apostles. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 975 to 999] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668078/.

MLA citation style:

Arator, Subdiaconus, Active 513-544 Author. Poem on the Acts of the Apostles. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 975 to 999, 0975] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668078/>.