Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: L207005

A Latin Dialogue of the Body and the Soul

Author: Robert Grosseteste [?]

Background details and bibliographic information

File Description

Georges Dottin

Electronic edition compiled by Benjamin Hazard

Funded by University College, Cork and
The Higher Education Authority via the LDT Project

2. Second draft.

Extent of text: 2730 words

Publication

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork
College Road, Cork, Ireland—http://www.ucc.ie/celt

(2004) (2010)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: L207005

Availability

Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.

Sources

    Manuscript Source
  1. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fonds latin 10636.
    Editions
  1. G. von Karajan, Frühlingsgabe für Freunde älterer Literatur, Wien 1839, 85. (Based on a Manuscript in Vienna.)
  2. Thomas Wright, Latin poems commonly attributed to Walter Mapes, London 1841, 95-106. Reprinted Hildesheim (Olms) 1968. (De contentione anime et corporis Secundum quod quidam heremita francigena Philibertus nomine filius regalis vidit in spiritu). The first 75 stanzas are edited on pp. 95-106; the following 9 stanzas on pp. 149-50, line 36.
  3. Edelestand du Méril, Poésies populaires latines antérieures au douzième siècle, Paris 1843, 217-230.
    Secondary literature
  1. The attribution to Robert Grosseteste (ca. 1170-1253) is not undisputed. A website dedicated to his Latin works, with extensive source material, is available at http://www.grosseteste.com
  2. Henri Gaidoz, Le débat du corps et de l'âme en Irlande, Revue Celtique 10 (1889) 463-70.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Georges Dottin, Une version irlandaise du Dialogue du Corps et l'Ame (attribué a Robert Grosseteste) in Revue Celtique. Volume 23, Paris, F. Vieweg (1902) pages 8–39

Encoding

Project Description

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Sampling Declaration

The present text represents pages 8–39 of the published edition. Variant readings are omitted.

Editorial Declaration

Correction

Text has been proof-read twice.

Normalization

The electronic text represents the edited text.

Quotation

Direct speech is not tagged.

Hyphenation

In line with CELT practice, when a hyphenated word (hard or soft) crosses a page-break or line-break, the break is marked after the completion of hyphenated word and punctuation mark.

Segmentation

div0=the dialogue; div1=the section; page-breaks are marked pb n="".

Interpretation

Personal names or place-names describing cultural or social roles are not tagged.

Canonical References

This text uses the DIV1 element to represent the section.

Profile Description

Created: Possibly by Robert Grosseteste. Date range: c.900-1100.

Use of language

Language: [LA] The text is in Latin.

Revision History