The Libri feudorum
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Summary This article mainly reviews Attilio Stella’s new edition of the Latin text of the Libri feudorum and his new English translation thereof. Additionally, it seemed useful to recall and summarize Peter Weimar’s authoritative and convincing views regarding the notoriously complicated history of the formation of the Libri feudorum and their Glossa ordinaria. Moreover, some remarks are made on the surviving medieval manuscripts and the printed editions (1472–1896) of the Latin text. Previous translations into various languages (1493–2016) are discussed. Stella’s new translation is then addressed. It may be called sound and solid. It is but rarely that some nuance does not return in the translation. If the choice of Lehmann’s Latin text (1896) is debatable, its inconvenience has been compensated by references to Osenbrüggen’s standard edition (1840). Stella’s annotation to the translation is rich and ingenious and gives delightful explanations of many unclear or ambiguous passages.
Author: Jeroen M.J. Chorus
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4405860304