Jerome – Letter 78
| Document: | Letter 78 |
| Reference: | Stegmuller 3319 |
| Incipit: | In septuagesimo septimo psalmo |
| Addressee: | Fabiola |
| Date: | 400 (Kelly p. 211) |
| Earliest ms.: | Leningrad, Russia: Publichnaja Biblioteka, Q.v.I.9, f. 153-191 |
| Latin Text: | CSEL 55, pp. 49-87 |
| Notes: | A treatise on the Forty-two Mansions or Halting-places of the Israelites, originally intended for Fabiola but not completed until after her death. Sent to Oceanus along with the preceding letter. These Mansions are made an emblem of the Christian’s pilgrimage, the true Hebrew hastening to pass from earth to heaven. (Fremantle, p. 163) |
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