Jerome – Letter 20
| Document: | Letter 20 |
| Reference: | Stegmuller 3376 |
| Incipit: | Multi/Cum super hoc sermone/uerbo |
| Addressee: | Damasus |
| Date: | c. 383 (Kelly p. 83) |
| Earliest ms.: | Karlsruhe, Germany: Badische Landesbibliothek, Aug.Perg.CV, between folios 31-60. 8-9th century. (Lambert, I: p. 441) |
| Latin Text: | CSEL 54, pp. 104-110; Dombibliothek 35 |
| English Translation: | Mierow, pp. 104-108; Summary in Fremantle p.22 |
| Notes: | For the Latin Manuscript, follow the link, and scroll down to “Cod. 35.”Click the first icon in the second row. This should give you the first page of the codex. Now, navigate to 7v for letter 20. Dr. Thompson wrote an essay for the International Patristics Conference at Oxford, 1999, in which he discusses the authenticity of this letter, and concludes that it probably is authentic. The essay is entitled, “The Mother of all Forgeries? Who Wrote Jerome Epistle 19?” and you can download a PDF file by clicking the link. See letters 18a, 18b, 19, 35, and 36 for more comments on authenticity. |
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