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11th Century manuscript waste by Haimo of Auxerre for a 1512 edition of Origen’s commentary on St Paul’s epistle to the Romans printed by Bernardino Benali
11th Century manuscript waste by Haimo of Auxerre for a 1512 edition of Origen’s commentary on St Paul’s epistle to the Romans printed by Bernardino Benali
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"Explanatio Origenis Adamantii presbitery in epistola Pauli ad romanos divo ieronimo interprete"
-" The Commentaries on Origen and Jerome on St Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians"
-Complete: a8-l8 (TP, [1], text folios numbered 2-87)
-1512 Venetian edition of Origen of Alexandria’s commentary on St Paul’s Epistle published by the celebrated Venetian publisher Bernardino Benali
-Bernadino Benali 1458-1543 was a celebrated Venetian printer best known for his Incunable illustrated edition of Dante's Inferno
-In folio – Complete with 87 pages of text (missing last blank)
This copy is replete in binding waste, with old incunable pastedowns, some hidden c14th waste on the inner spine, and c11th century bifolia used as the front and back covers. “Binding waste” was often reused in the late Middle Ages and early modern period, as parchment was expensive. Out of date or worn books were sold to binders to be reused as a utilitarian binding. Many fragments of early works survive only in part due to their reuse in bindings.
The external parchment binding the text is in a late Carolingian hand and is identified as Homily XX by Haimo (Haymo) of Auxerre. Haimo was a Benedictine monk who was based in France during the 9th century. Many of his works were previously erroneously attributed to Haymo of Halberstadt. It’s likely that the inner side of the parchment will also have text, likely in good condition.
An early theological tract by Origen of Alexandria (c185-253). Origen wrote extensively on the texts of the early Bible and was one of the Churches most important early scholars. He wrote several theological treatises which remained in use into the Medieval period and to this day. He lived in Alexandria in the 2nd and 3rd Centuries AD. St Pauls letter was written while he was imprisoned by the Romans, and encouraged the Ephesians to hold firm in the Christian faith and not be tempted by false prophets. This text by Origen on St Paul’s epistle to the Romans was important to the early church, supporting the doctrine of the new religion of Christianity and discussing themes like faith, hope and love. In the text, Origen supports human freedom and opposes the ideas of predestination.
USTC 845444 (No copies in US)



