Richard of Saint Victor and Peter of Celle on Seven Biblical Breads

• Autores: Hugh Feiss
• Localización: Sacris erudiri, ISSN 0771-7776, Nº. 62, 2023, págs. 269-305
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Richard of St. Victor's short work beginning “carbonum et cinerum” is evidently a summary of the last seven chapters of Peter of Celle's much longer work, De panibus. Richard cites in slightly modified forms passages from Peter's work, sometimes adding reflections of his own, favoring spiritual themes and omitting much of Peter's doctrinal reflection. The published text of De panibus breaks off in mid-sentence, as do several manuscripts of Peter's work. Richard continues to quote from the missing part as it is found in BAV ms. reg. lat. 345 but concludes before reaching the end. The article provides the text and an English translation of Carbonum et cinerum showing parallels to De panibus, while also including the unpublished ending of De panibus. Peter of Celle dedicated De panibus to John of Salisbury and sent him a copy before 1157. After June 1166, John of Salisbury, in exile with Archbishop Becket, wrote his archbishop suggesting that he write the prior of Saint Victor (Richard, d. 1173) asking him to write his countryman, Robert of Melun (d. February 27, 1167), whom Richard had known when Robert was a student and teacher in Paris, to urge Robert to support Becket. Richard and his abbot, Ernisius, wrote such a letter. It is therefore possible that John was the conduit by which Richard knew De panibus.