Nighman, Chris L., ed., Electronic Manipulus florum Project (Wilfrid Laurier University, 2004). View Source Online

Text name(s): Manipulus florum

Number of pages of primary source text: 0

Medieval Author(s): Thomas of Ireland

Dates: 1305 - 1310

Archival Reference:

Original Language(s): Latin;

Translation: Original language included.

Translation Comments:

Geopolitical Region(s): Europe; France;

County/Region: Paris

Apparatus: Bibliography Introduction

Comments:

Thomas de Hibernia’s Manipulus florum (“Handful of flowers”) is an influential collection of approximately 6000 Latin quotations attributed to a variety of classical, patristic and medieval authors, compiled in Paris at the beginning of the 14th century (c.1306). It was wildly popular in the Middle Ages: many authors used it just like a modern “Bartlett’s Quotations.” Historians regard it as the most important example of the collections known as florilegia which were compiled during the later Middle Ages. No printed critical edition of this texts exists: this website plans to fill that gap. As of summer 2004, the website includes a transcription of the entire text. Editors are in the process of collating other manuscripts and recording the differences between several different manuscripts to make a critical edition. They are in the process of developing a database to make the text searchable. The website is currently in English, but there are plans to make the supporting web pages available in French and German as well. The website also includes an annotated bibliography and an English translation of the Preface to the Manipulus florum.

Introduction Summary:

Website provides introductory material about the Manipulus florum and its influence, the editorial process, and the plans for the project.

Cataloger: MK