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Medieval Studies—Authors & Texts

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This section lists the new round of repertoires, manuals, guides, and bibliographies which will replace or supplement such standard works as Chevalier, Potthast, Dekkers, Manitius, inter alia. For a more thorough and systematic listing of these sources see Caenegem (1997) Introduction aux sources de l'histoire medievale and chapter 2 of Berlioz (1994) Identifier sources et citations. For newer publications consult the section "Repertori ed Enciclopedie" of the annual Medioevo Latino in the Lane Room. It is about two years behind in coverage.

For updating any of the sources listed below for author bibliography & printed editions and translations, use the following indexes:

• Authors/texts to c. AD 500-800 & secondary literature:
  L'année philologique records citations of all known scholarly work published in any language anywhere in the world concerning the areas of ancient Greek and Latin language and linguistics, Greek and Roman history, literature, philosophy, art, archaeology, religion, mythology, music, science, early Christian texts, numismatics, papyrology and epigraphy, and concerning the time period from the second millennium B.C. to roughly 500-800 A.D.
• Authors/texts AD 500-1500 & secondary literature:
  Consult the section "Auctori e testi" of the annual Medioevo Latino, Bolletino bibliografico della cultura europea dal secolo VI al XIII, 1979-, Z6203.M4, Lane Rm. Its electronic form, CD-MEL (1/1980-10/1989 + 17/1996) is also in the Lane Room; recommend one uses the print edition. Prior to 1992 coverage ended at ca. 1330. Cumulative index to Latin authors is BISLAM, below.
• Authors/texts 1250-1500:
  Bib. Annuelle du Moyen Âge Tardif, Auteurs Et Textes Latins Vers 1250 1500, 1991-. D113.B53, Lane Rm. CNRS; does not index secondary literature. Info: http://www.irht.cnrs.fr/publications/bamat.htm
• Secondary literature:
  International Medieval Bibliography . Covers AD 400-1500
  Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance AD 400-1700
  Traditio Classicorum Überlieferung der klassischen Autoren bis 1650, Charles H. Lohr.

  "For alternative forms of names and titles of works, and pseudonyms there are several old and new general reference works: The authority control for Medieval Latin literature presents a particularly delicate and complex problem for many reasons. A vast literary production has reached us, in fact, from the thousand years which form the Medieval Age: over ten thousand authors and a formidable number of anonymous works are known.As is recognized, a large part of this literature is still unpublished and much is even entirely unknown, since a complete census of the manuscript collections of the European libraries is still far from being finished. The lack of editions inevitably results in a shortage of historical-literary studies; nevertheless, discoveries of new authors and attribution of anonymous works to previously recognized authors follow closely one after another every year. In this way, the large reference works get older with discouraging speed, obliging those who edit them to chase after a constantly increasing quantity of material using a science where insistent, substantial progress renders both insufficient and inadequate every attempt to obtain a definitive order of the knowledge attained."

  Roberto Gamberini, "The Compilation of an Authority List of Medieval Latin Authors: Objectives, Methodological Issues, and Results" Cataloging and Authority Control 39,1-2 (2004) 597-606.

• Bibliotheca scriptorum Latinorum medii recentiorisque aevi (BISLAM) = Repertory of Medieval and Renaissance Latin authors. Firenze: SISMEL, 2003-. PA8015.B57 2003, Lane Rm. Vol. 1 contains entries for all authors covered in vols. 1-21, with various forms, of the annual bibliography Medioevo Latino. It is an authority guide for author names for that publication and cummulative index to its section "Auctori e testi."
• Franklin, Alfred. 1875. Dictionnaire des noms, surnoms et pseudonymes latins de l'histoire littéraire du moyen âge 1100 à 1530. Print ed. Z1041.F83 1875A, Info Center.
• Sharp, Harold. 1975. Handbook of pseudonyms and personal nicknames. Z1041.S43, Info Center.

Recent catalogs in the form of library authority lists:

• Clavis scriptorum graecorum et latinorum= Répertoire des auteurs grecs et latins = Repertoire of Greek and Latin authors. LaRue, Rodrigue. 4 v., 1985 [PA3002.Z5 L37, Lane Rm]. The introduction to this work should be read for its limitations. It lists published editions of sources and, additionally, has a subject approach following L'année philologique.
• Fabian, C. Personennamen des Mittelalters: PMA: Namensformen für 13000 Personen gemäss den Regeln für die alphabetische Katalogisierung (RAK) = Nomina scriptorum medii aevi / Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; redaktionelle Bearbeitung: Claudia Fabian. 2., erw. Ausg. München: Saur, 2000. [Z695.1. P4 P4, Lane Rm]
• Volpi, Vittorio. DOC, Dizionario delle opere classiche: intestazioni uniformi degli autori, elenco delle opere e delle parti componenti, indici degli autori, dei titoli e delle parole chiave della letteratura classica, medievale e bizantina. Milano: Editrice bibliografica, c1994. Classical literature--Bibliography. Classical philology--Bibliography. Christian literature, Early--Bibliography. Contents: v. 1. Abaelardus-Gurhednus -- v. 2. Haager-Zosimus -- v. 3. Indici. This librarians manual includes information on variant author and title entries (and analyzes anthologies, e.g., sermons, etc.). Coverage to the beginning of the 12th century with some exceptions: Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great. Names are drawn from such sources as CPL, Frede, Rep. Font., inter alia. [see end notes on this page]. Review by R. Gooding in Analecta Bollandiana 114 (1996): 176-188.
• ACOLIT : autori cattolici e opere liturgiche : una lista di autorità / diretto da Mauro Guerrini = Catholic authors and liturgical works : an authority list / edited by Mauro Guerrini. 1998-.

General (more or less) Sources in addition to those sources listed immediately above:

• Compendium auctorum Latinorum Medii Aevi (500-1500): C.A.L.M.A. SISMEL, 2000-. PA8001.C66, Lane Rm. Aims to list all authors writing in Latin from 500-1500, it contains general bibliographical detail on authors, list of works, and relevant bibliography. A work of meticulous scholarship that will require a decade or more production time.
• Biographisch-bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon. / Bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz, 1990-1998. [ Print ed., 14 v. BR1700.2.B38 1990, Lane Rm.
• Dict. des auteurs grecs et latins . . .. 1991 [PA31.T814, Lane Rm.] is an update of Tusculum-lexikon griechischer und lateinischer Autoren des Altertums und des Mittelalters . . ., 3rd. ed., 1988. PA31.T8 Lane Rm. A handy single volume reference that lists printed editions and translations.
• Bretscher-Gisiger. 2002. Lexikon literatur des mittelalters. 2 v. PN669 .L49, Lane Rm.
• Repertorium fontium historiae Medii Aevi, 1962-. Z6203.P87, Lane Rm. This great work both updates and expands Potthast's coverage (which was limited to historical narrative sources) including economic, literary, legal, philosophical, art and theological and religious sources. It covers 500-1500. For the individual works of each author or anonymous text the Repertorium reports on manuscripts, facsimiles, editions, translations, and secondary literature pertaining to the author and the textual tradition. The list of names and titles and cross references is at http://rmcisadu.let.uniroma1.it/isime/repert.htm. Il Repertorium viene pubblicato dall' Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo e dall'Unione degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell'Arte in Roma.
• Histoire de la litterature latine du Moyen Âge / par Franz Brunholzl; traduit de l'allemand par Henri Rochais; complements bibliographiques pour l'edition francaise par Jean-Paul Bouhot. Brepols 1990-. PA8015.B714, Stacks. Translation of Geschichte der lateinischen Literatur des Mittelalters. Incomplete contents: t. 1. "De Cassiodore à la fin de la Renaissance carolingienne". v. 1. L'epoque merovingienne -- v. 2. L'Epoque Carolingienne.
• Répertoire bio-bibliographique des auteurs latin, patristique et medievaux. MTXT MFICHE 1102. Lists editions, manuscript locations, and textual studies in journals and books. NOTES: The Répertoire is the microform of the card file established by the L'Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (IRHT), Paris. There is no printed guide. Introductory material is on the first fiche. Fiche are alphabetical by form of entry and the range covered is cleary printed on the upper right-hand corner of each fiche.
• Scripta Latina: usque ad aetatem Karoli Magni Imp.: Index editionum: quae ad usum historicum maxime adsunt. Romae: In aedibus Quasarianis, 1993. xv, 662 p. Z7026.G844 1993, Stacks. Review by R. Gooding in Analecta Bollandiana 114 (1996): 176-188.

Some very useful encyclopedias have had long editorial schedules and include the fundamental work for historians edited by Baudrillart (1919-) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, and Dictionnaire de spiritualité, ascetique et mystique doctrine et histoire, 1937-1995. Others were published over a relatively short time such as

• Lexikon des Mittelalters . 1977-1998. Selectively lists important printed editions and translations and well as selected secondary literature--is a very useful source.
• Dictionary of the Middle Ages. 1982-1989. D114.D5, Info Center can be used in a similar manner for major writers.
• Many other sources are listed on the Encyclopedia and Biography pages.

Sources by Geographical Area/Language

Latin

in addition to sources above:

• Compendium auctorum Latinorum Medii Aevi (500-1500): C.A.L.M.A. SISMEL, 2000-. PA8001.C66, Lane Rm. Aims to list all authors writing in Latin from 500-1500, it contains general bibliographical detail on authors, list of works, and relevant bibliography. A work of meticulous scholarship that will require a decade or more production time.
• Répertoire bio-bibliographique des auteurs latin, patristique et medievaux. MTXT MFICHE 1102. Lists editions, manuscript locations, and textual studies in journals and books. NOTES: The Répertoire is the microform of the card file established by the L'Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (IRHT), Paris. There is no printed guide. Introductory material is on the first fiche. Fiche are alphabetical by form of entry and the range covered is cleary printed on the upper right-hand corner of each fiche.
• Scripta Latina: usque ad aetatem Karoli Magni Imp.: Index editionum: quae ad usum historicum maxime adsunt. Romae: In aedibus Quasarianis, 1993. xv, 662 p. Z7026.G844 1993, Stacks. Review by R. Gooding in Analecta Bollandiana 114 (1996): 176-188.
• Clavis scriptorum latinorum medii aevi, territoire Français. 1994-. PA8045.F7C52 1994, Lane Rm. Completed to date: Tomvs 1-2. Review by R. Gooding in Analecta Bollandiana 114 (1996): 176-188.
• Dict. des auteurs grecs et latins . . .. 1991 [PA31.T814, Lane Rm.] is an update of Tusculum-lexikon griechischer und lateinischer Autoren des Altertums und des Mittelalters . . ., 3rd. ed., 1988. PA31.T8 Lane Rm. A handy single volume reference that lists printed editions and translations.
• A bibliography of Celtic-Latin literature, 400-1200 / by Michael Lapidge and Richard Sharpe. Z7028.C44L36 1985, Stacks.
• Sharpe, Richard. A handlist of the Latin writers of Great Britain and Ireland before 1540. Brepols, 2001, 1997. Z6605 .L3 S5 2002, Stacks.

Old English & Middle English/British Writers

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Comprehensive guides to Old English and Middle English authors and texts are listed on their own page.

• Dean. 1999. Anglo-Norman literature: a guide to texts and manuscripts / Ruth J. Dean; with the collaboration of Maureen B.M. Boulton. London: Anglo-Norman Text Society. PC2941.O28, Stacks.
• Old and Middle English literature. PR166.O43 1994 v.146, Info Center. Dictionary of literary biography; v. 146. English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100. English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500. A handy guide to major writers and anonymous works (e.g., Alliterative Morte Arthure, N-Town Plays) that lists EETS editions and modern English editions. Includes appendices "English Language 410-1500," "Anglo-Norman Literature," and "Celtic Background to Medieval Literature."
• Sharpe, Richard. 1997-2001. A handlist of the Latin writers of Great Britain and Ireland before 1540. Z6605 .L3 S5, Stacks.

France/French writers

• Bossuat. 1951. Manuel bibliographique de la littérature française du Moyen Âge. Z2172 .B7, Lane Rm. Suuplements:
• Manuel bibliographique de la littérature française du Moyen Âge. Supplément. Paris: Libr. d'Argences, 1955-1961. Z2172 .B7 SUPPL, Lane Rm.
• Manuel bibliographique de la littérature française du Moyen Âge. Troisieme Supplément, 1960-1980. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1986-. Z2172.B6 SUPPL.3, Lane Rm.
• Clavis scriptorum latinorum medii aevi, territoire Français. 1994-. PA8045.F7C52, Lane Rm. Completed to date: Tomvs 1-2. Review by R. Gooding in Analecta Bollandiana 114 (1996): 176-188.
• Dictionnaire de biographie française, sous la direction de J. Balteau, M. Barroux, M. Prévost, avec le concours de nombreux collaborateurs. Paris, Letouzey et Ané, 1933-. DC36.D5, Info Center.

• Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters: Verfasserlexikon / begrundet von Wolfgang Stammler; fortgefuhrt von Karl Langosch. 2. vollig neu bearb. Aufl., 1978-. Z2230.S78 1977, Lane Rm. A new superb edition of the 5 vol. 1933-55 Stammler which greatly expands the selection of authors writing in Latin and also extensively treats the reception and influence of ancient and other writers (e.g., Aristotle, Augustine, etc,) on Germanic culture. Includes Latin writers if having a significant influence on the German vernacular literary tradition.
• German writers and works of the early middle ages, 800-1170. PS129.D52 v.148, Info Center. Dictionary of literary biography; v. 148. German literature--Early Middle Ages, 800-1170. Includes German authors writing in Latin (e.g., Alcuin, Hildegard of Bingen); separate sections for authors and anonymous works (e.g., Heliand). Gives English translations.
• German writers and works of the high middle ages, 1170-1280. PS129.D52 v.138, Info Center. Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 138. German literature--Middle High German, 1050-1500--Bio-bibliography. Companion volume with similar arrangement to the 800-1170 volume, also edited by by James Hardin and Will Hasty.
• German writers of the Renaissance and Reformation, 1280-1580, 1997. PS129.D52 V.179, Info Center.
• Worstbrock. 2005-. Deutscher Humanismus 1480-1520, Verfasserlexikon / herausgegeben von Franz Josef Worstbrock.

• Author Index of Byzantine Studies. Ancient and medieval authors before 1600, includes primary and secondary sources -- works by and about -- for the period 1892-1981; this is the Dumbarton Oaks Catalog. Printed guide: DF501.B82; the actual catalog is on microform in the MTXT Room MFICHE 992. You will need the good reader with a high magnification lens.

Italian/Italy

• Biblioteca agiografica italiana (BAI) : repertorio di testi e manoscritti, secoli XIII-XV. Firenze: Edizioni del Galluzzo, c2003.
• Dizionario biografico degli Italiani. Alberto M. Ghisalberti, direttore; Massimiliano Pavan, redattore capo. Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1960-. CT1123.D5, Info Center].
• Lirica Italiana delle Origini (LIO) Repertorio della tradizione poetica italiana dai Siciliani a Petrarca.
• Repertorio della cronachistica Emiliano-Romagnola (sec. IX-XV) / a cura di B. Andreolli . . . [et al.] ; con introduzione di A. Vasina. Roma: Istituto Palazzo Borromini, 1991.

Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, and Catalan

• PhiloBiblon provides access to bibliographies of Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, and Catalan medieval texts. The search engine is in English, with bibliographic information generally in the language of the cataloged material. A resource list also features links to libraries, databases, archives, reference sources, research institutions, and other medieval studies sites.
• Díaz y Díaz, Manuel C. Index scriptorum Latinorum Medii Aevi Hispanorum. Universidad de Salamanca, 1958-59. 2 v. Manuscripts, Latin--Spain--Bibliography.
• Hislampa: hispanorum index scriptorum latinorum medii posteriorisque aeui: autores latinos peninsulares da época dos descobrimentos (1350-1560) / M.C. Díaz y Díaz ... [et al.]. 1993. Autores latinos peninsulares da época dos descobrimentos, 1350-1560.

Netherlands

• The Narrative Sources from the Southern Low Countries, 600-1500

Lists of Sources for Medieval Latin Dictionary Projects, and the Latin Dictionaries page

• Niermeyer (2002). Mediae Latinitatis lexicon minus = Lexique latin médiéval = Medieval Latin dictionary = Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. ed. PA2890.N54 2002, Lane Rm.
• Index scriptorum novus mediae latinitatis. 1973. PA2893.F7, Lane Rm. Texts used for the new DuCange: Novum glossarium mediae latinitatis.
• Mittellateinisches Woerterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13 Jahr. Abk.-und Quellenverszeichnisse. 1959 and supplements PA2893.G4.M5, Lane Rm.

Papacy

• Calendar of entries in the Papal registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland: Papal letters; edited by W.H. Bliss, J.A. Twemlow, and M.J. Haren. London, H.M.S.O. 1893-. DA25.C6 1893 British Docs. Published by Irish Manuscripts Commission beginning v. 15, 1979.
• Enciclopedia dei papi. Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, c2000-. Contents: 1. Pietro, santo-Anastasio bibliotecario, antipapa -- v. 2. Niccolo I, santo Sisto IV -- v. 3. Innocenzo VIII, Giovanni Paolo II. BX955.2 .E527, Lane Rm.
• Regesta pontificum romanorum ab condita ecclesia ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII, edidit Philippus Jaffé. Edition: Editionem secundam correctam et auctam auspiciis Gulielmi Wattenbach ... curaverunt S. Loewenfeld, F. Kaltenbrunner, P. Ewald ... Imprint: Lipsiae, Veit et comp., 1885-88. 2 v. 24 cm. Continuation see:
• Regesta pontificum romanorum . . . edidit Augustus Potthast. Berolini, 1874-75. Initienverzeichnis zu August Potthast, Regesta pontificum Romanorum (1198-1304) / München: Monumenta Germaniae Historica, 1978.
• Regesta pontificum Romanorum
  • Italia pontificia, sive, Repertorium privilegiorum et litterarum a Romanis pontificibus ante annum MCLXXXXVIII Italiae ecclesiis monasteriis civitatibus singulisque personis concessorum / iubente Regia Societate Gottingensi congessit Paulus Fridolinus Kehr. Berolini: Apud Weidmannos, 1906-<1975 > v. 1-8, 10; in 11 . Contents notes: vol. 1. Roma -- vol. 2. Latium -- vol. 3. Etruria -- vol. 4. Umbria. Picenum. Marsia -- v. 5. Aemilia sive provincia Ravennas -- vol. 6. Liguria sive provincia Mediolanensis. Pars 1. Lombardia. Pars 2. Pedemontium. Liguria maritima -- vol. 7. Venetiae et Histria. Pars 1. Provincia Aquileiensis. Pars 2. Respublica Venetiarum. Provincia Gradensis. Histria -- vol. 8. Regnum Normannorum. Campania -- vol. 10. Calabria. Insulae.
  • Gallia pontificia: répertoire des documents concernant les relations entre la papauté et les églises et monastères en France avant 1198. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1998- .
  • Germania pontificia; sive, Repertorivm privilegiorvm et litterarvm a romanis pontificibvs ante annvm MCLXXXXVIII Germaniae ecclesiis monasteriis civitatibvs singvlisqve personis concessorvm. Ivbente Regia societate gottingensi opes porrigentibvs cvratoribvs Legati wedekindiani congessit Albertvs Brackmann ... Imprint: Berolini, apvd Weidmannos, 1911- Note: Vol. I has also special t.-p. for each part. Contents notes: vol. I. Provincia salisbvrgensis et episcopatvs tridentinvs.--vol. II. Provincia magvntinensis. pars I. Dioceses eichstetensis, avgvstensis, constantiensis I. pars II. Helvetia pontificia: Dioceses constantiensis II. et cvriensis et episcopatvs sedvnensis, genevensis, lavsannensis, basiliensis.--vol. III. Provincia magvntinensis. pars III. Dioceses strassburgensis, spirensis, wormatiensis, wirciburgensis, bambergensis.
• Papsturkunden in Italien: Reiseberichte zur Italia Pontificia / Paul Fridolin Kehr. Città del Vaticano: Bibliotheca apostolica vaticana, 1977. 6 v. Reports by P. F. Kehr originally published in various periodicals, chiefly in the Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1896-1924.
• Papsturkunden, 896-1046 / bearbeitet von Harald Zimmermann. Wien :Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1984- . (Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission ; Bd. 3-5) (Denkschriften/Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse ; 174. Bd., 177. Bd., 198. Bd.) Contents notes: 1. Bd. 896-996. -- 2. Bd. 996-1046. -- 3. Bd. Register. 063 .V662D V.
• Papstregesten 911-1024 / bearbeitet von Harald Zimmermann.Edition: 2., verb. und erg. Aufl. Wien: Böhlau, 1998. (Regesta Imperii ; 2, Abt. 5). On order.
• Papsturkunden in Frankreich. Neue Folge. Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1932-. (Abhandlungen der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Philologisch-historische Klasse. 3. Folge, Nr.3-4,21,23,27,35,41,95,225). Contents notes: 1.Bd. Champagne und Lothringen, von H. Meinert.--2.Bd. Normandie, von J. Ramackers.--3.Bd. Artois, von J. Ramackers.--4.Bd. Picardie, von J. Ramackers.--5.Bd. Touraine, Anjou, Maine und Bretagne, von J. Ramackers.--6.Bd. Orléanais, von J. Ramackers.--7.Bd. Nördliche Ile-de-France und Vermandois, von D. Lohrmann -- 9. Bd. Diözese Paris II. 063.G599AB SER.3.
• Bibliothèque des écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome. (BEFAR). e.g.:
  • Catholic Church. Pope (1254-1261 : Alexander IV). Les registres d'Alexandre IV; recueil des bulles de ce pape publiées ou analysées d'après les manuscrits originaux des archives du Vatican, par C. Bourel de La Roncieère, J. de Loye et A. Coulon. Paris, A. Fontemoing, 1902-1959.
  • Catholic Church. Pope (1272-1276: Gregory X). Les registres de Grégoire X (1272-1276) Recueil des bulles de ce pape publiées ou analysées d'après les manuscrits originaux des archives du Vatican par m. J. Guiraud ... Paris, Thorin & fils [etc.] 1892-1906.
  • Catholic Church. Pope (1272-1276 : Gregory X). Les registres de Grégoire X (1272-1276) et de Jean XXI (1276-1277): recueil des bulles de ces papes / publiées ou analysées d'après les manuscrits originaux des archives du Vatican par Jean Guiraud et E. Cadier. Paris : Éditions E. de Boccard, 1960.
  • Catholic Church. Pope (1342-1352 : Clemens VI). Lettres closes, patentes et curiales, interessant les pays autres que la France, publiees ou analysees d'apres les registres du Vatican, par E.Deprez et G.Mollat. Paris, E.de Boccard, 1961.
  • Catholic Church. Pope (1362-1370 : Urban V). Urbain V: Lettres communes; analysées d'après les registres edits d'Avignon et du Vatican, par les membres de l'École française de Rome et M.-H. Laurent. Paris, E. de Boccard, 1954-1983.
  • Catholic Church. Pope (1370-1378 : Gregory XI). Lettres secretes et curiales du pape Gregoire XI (1370-1378) interessant les pays autres que la France publiees ou analysees d'apres les registres du Vatican, par G.Mollat.Paris, E.de Boccard, 1962-65.
  • Ut per litteras apostolicas [electronic resource] : les lettres pontificales = papal letters. Brings together the published analyses of the litterae communes and curial letters of Pope(s) John XXII and Benedict XII and the litterae communes of Urban V along with abridged lists germane to each of these publications and a thesaurus.
• Conciliorum oecumenicorum decreta. Curantibus Josepho Alberigo, Josepho A. Dossetti, Perikle P. Joannou, Claudio Leonardi, Paulo Prodi. Consultante Huberto Jedin. Editio tertia. Bologna, Instituto per le scienze religiose, 1973.
• Decrees of the ecumenical councils / edited by Norman P. Tanner. London : Sheed & Ward ; Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1990. Includes the documents in the original text, a reproduction of Conciliorum oecumenicorum decreta, and English translations.

Patristic Writers

• Clavis patrum latinorum: qua in Corpus christianorum edendum optimas quasque scriptorum recensiones a Tertulliano ad Bedam (CPL). Ed. tertia aucta et emendata. Steenbrugis: in Abbatia Sancti Petri; [Turnholti]: Brepols Editores Pontificii, 1995. BR60.C55 v.160F, Lane Rm. Comment on new edition. Also reviewed by R. Gooding in Analecta Bollandiana 114 (1996): 176-188.
• Frede, Hermann Josef. Kirchenschriftsteller: Verzeichnis und Sigel; repertorium scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum saeculo nono antiquiorum. Ed. 4., aktualisierte Aufl. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1995. BS731995, Stacks. Comment on new edition. Also reviewed by R. Gooding in Analecta Bollandiana 114 (1996): 176-188.
• Clavis patrum graecorum. 5 v. 1984-1988. Z7791.G43, Lane Rm.
• Clavis Patristica Pseudepigraphorum. 1990-. BR60.C55, Lane Rm. Review in Speculum, Dec. '92 and by R. Gooding in Analecta Bollandiana 114 (1996): 176-188.
• Restauration et renouveau: la litterature latine de 284 à 374 après J.-C. / edite par Reinhart Herzog. Turnhout: Brepols, c1993. PA6043.R4714 1994. Nouvelle histoire de la litterature latine; v. 5. Latin literature--History and criticism. Enlarged translation of: Restauration und Erneuerung, in series Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft; Abt. 8, Bd. 5.
• Sieben, Hermann Josef. 1991. Kirchenvaterhomilien zum Neuen Testament: ein Repertorium der Textausgaben und Ubersetzungen, mit einem Anhang der Kirchenvaterkommentare. Steenbrugis: In Abbatia S. Petri. BS2392.S54 1991, Stacks. Christian literature, Early--Indexes. Sermons, Early Christian--Indexes. Fathers of the Church--Indexes.
• Augustine's works, editions and translations, xxxv+ in Augustine through the ages: an encyclopedia. B655 .Z69 A84, Lane Rm.

Philosophers & Theologians

• ACOLIT : autori cattolici e opere liturgiche : una lista di autorità / diretto da Mauro Guerrini = Catholic authors and liturgical works : an authority list / edited by Mauro Guerrini. 1998-.
• [Aristotle]. Lohr, C.H. 1981-. Latin Aristotle commentaries. Subsidia al "Corpus philosophorum Medii Aevi" ; 6, 10, etc. Contents: 2. Renaissance authors; 3. Index initiorum-index finium. Lohr, "Medieval Latin Aristotle Commentaries" in Traditio 23(1967), 24(1968), 26(1970), 27(1971), 28(1972), 29(1973), 30(1974); "Addenda et corrigenda" in Bulletin de phil. médiévale 14(1972).
• Catalogus translationum et commentariorum. 1960-. Vols. 1-8, 1960-2003. Z7016.K96, Lane Room . Latin translations of ancient Greek authors and Latin commentaries of ancient Greek and Latin authors.
• Ihm. 2002. Clavis commentariorum der antiken medizinischen Texte. R138 .I36, Lane Rm.
• Die Philosophie im lateinischen Mittelalter: ein Handbuch mit einem bio-bibliographischen Repertorium. Artemis & Winkler. 1996. [B721 .S38 1996 Lane Rm]. 600 bio-bibliographical entries von Alcuinus bis Nicolaus Cusanus .
• Augustine through the ages: an encyclopedia. 1999.
• Glorieux, Palemon. Repertoire des maîtres en theologie de Paris au XIII siècle. 2 v. [Green Stack Z7751.G56 1933-34]. Theology--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Bio-bibliography. Theologians--France--Paris--Bio-bibliography.
• Handbuch der Geschichte der Philosophie. [B82.T6 Lane Rm]. Volume 2 (1973) and v.3 (1980) cover Medieval and Renaissance philosophy respectively with extensive bibliographies of primary and secondary sources.
• Repertorium edierter Texte des Mittelalters aus dem Bereich der Philosophie und angrenzender Gebeite. [B721.S36 1994 Lane Rm]. Lists editions of texts and translations only.
• Medieval Philosophers. [Info Center P129.D52 v.115]. Handy volume in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series. It includes a listing of principal works, editions and English translations, biography and critical works. There is a "Checklist of Further Readings" and an appendix "Translators of the Twelfth Century: Literary Issues Raised and Impact Created."
• Dictionary of scientific biography. [Info Center Q141.D5]. Lists many Medieval (including Peter Abelard) and Renaissance figures. Important article by Minio-Paluello on reception and transmission of Aristotle in the MA. Vol. 15: Supplement; v.17-18: Supplement II. Vol. 16: Index. Includes bibliographies.
• L'Europe des humanistes: XIVe-XVIIe si`ecles. Register in alphabetical order of 2350 individuals, from Petrarch to Peiresc -- deceased after 1325 and born before 1600 -- with the ancient authors, east and west, that they transmitted. Two indexes provide the names of the authors transmitted and the variants of the names of the humanists.
• Schulthess, Peter and Ruedi Imbach. 1996. Die Philosophie im lateinischen Mittelalter: ein Handbuch mit einem bio-bibliographischen Repertorium.
• Weijers. 1994-. Le travail intellectuel a la Faculte des arts de Paris: textes et maîtres ca. 1200-1500. Z5055.F8 P35, Stacks. Review in Speculum 71(2, 1996):502-504.
• Worstbrock. 2005-. Deutscher Humanismus 1480-1520, Verfasserlexikon / herausgegeben von Franz Josef Worstbrock.

Saints Lives, see the separate section on Saints Lives

• Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et mediae aetatis (BHL); ediderunt Socii Bolandiani. IBruxellis [s.n.] 1898-1901. 2 v. Z7844.B55, Lane Rm.; Novum supplementum / edidit Henricus Fros.Bruxelles : [s.n.], 1986. 959 p. Update with Medioevo Latino..., under "Vitae". Uses same Latin entry as BHL.
• BHLms: Index analytique des Catalogues de manuscrits hagiographiques latins publiés par les Bollandistes.
• Biblioteca agiografica italiana (BAI) : repertorio di testi e manoscritti, secoli XIII-XV. Firenze: Edizioni del Galluzzo, c2003.

• Bibliography of works by and about women writers of the middle ages, a Robbins Library bibliography.
• Europaische Reiseberichte des spaten Mittelalters: eine analytische Bibliographie. D113.E86, Lane Rm. Europe--Description and travel--Bio-bibliography. Europe--History--476-1492--Bio-bibliography. Europe--History--1492-1648--Bio-bibliography. Middle East--Description and travel--Bio-bibliography.
• Kadel, Andrew. 1995. Matrology: a bibliography of writings by Christian women from the first to the fifteenth centuries. New York: Continuum. Z7751.K33, Stacks. Christian literature--Bibliography. Christian literature, Early--Bibliography. Includes translations.
• Kaeppeli, Thomas. Scriptores Ordinis Praedicatorum Medii Aevi. Romae: Ad S. Sabinae. 4 v. Z6611.D6 K33, Stacks. Dominicans--Manuscripts--Catalogs.
• L'Europe des humanistes: XIVe-XVIIe si`ecles is a handy register in alphabetical order of 2350 individuals, from Petrarch to Peiresc -- deceased after 1325 and born before 1600 -- with the ancient authors, east and west, that they transmitted. Two indexes provide the names of the authors transmitted and the variants of the names of the humanists.
• Repertorio della cronachistica Emiliano-Romagnola (sec. IX-XV) / a cura di B. Andreolli . . . [et al.] ; con introduzione di A. Vasina. Roma: Istituto Palazzo Borromini, 1991.
• Schneyer, Johannes Baptist. Repertorium der lateinischen Sermones des Mittelalters, fuer die Zeit von 1150-1350. And
• Muenster, Westf., Aschendorff. 1969-1990. Index der Textanfänge M-Z - Index initiorum sine thematibus, Bibliotheks- und Handschriftenverzeichnis. CD-ROM supplement, containing the most important and widely spread series of sermons of the late Middle Ages and their authors.
• Worstbrock, Franz Josef. 1992-. Repertorium der Artes dictandi des Mittelalters. München: W. Fink.

It's worth commenting for a moment on the two indispensable tools for finding patristic Latin texts. After many years of gradual obsolescence, updates, and juggling, both are in scrumptious new editions. E. Dekkers, Clavis Patrum Latinorum: first ed., 1952, second ed. 1962, third ed., 1995: familiar format from earlier editions, revised, updated, with new indices (cross-ref. to Frede, but also to the precious new Clavis Patristica Pseudepigraphorum). Biggest drawback of this volume has always been that it is confined to works written in Latin and it lists spuria and dubia under the authors to whom they are conventionally attributed. The appearance first of the Clavis Patrum Graecorum and now the Cl. Pat. Pseud. mitigate this to a great extent. This volume arose out of the people who were in the early 1950s beginning the Corpus Christianorum project, and it is still published by Brepols. H.-J. Frede, Kirchenschriftsteller: Verzeichnis und Sigel: first ed., 1949, 2 ed., 1963, 3 ed., 1981, 4 ed., 1995. Began as the index of authors/texts for the Vetus Latina project and indeed appeared as the first fascicle of that work just before I was born, prepared then by Bonifatius Fischer. Taken up by his successor in Beuron, H.-J. Frede, it grew and grew, and between editions it published the Aktualisierungshefte that updated it. The new edition is comprehensive and up to date. Its strength is in conciseness and accuracy, separate listing of ps.-authors, great coverage of anonyma (esp. saints' lives buried deep in Acta Sanctorum) and translations from the Greek (of importance to VL because the Latin biblical quotations they contain are often precious primary evidence for very early versions). On the point of Gregory of Tours' fragmentary Psalm notes, I compared both editions and chose to quote to the list Clavis because I thought that work somewhat more widely disseminated, but in fact the two volumes have very similar information. (Kirchenschriftsteller will often still appear in library catalogues as vol. 1/1 of Vetus Latina, and has very likely not been purchased by many libraries that have not committed to the whole VL, which is a shame, and it is certainly available for purchase separately from Herder.) It is at any rate a great relief to stand at mid-career and suddenly have these two fresh, clean, up to date working tools embodying so much of the lore of my specialty. The effects of age on my 20 year old copy of Clavis had been making themselves more and more often felt.

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