Gervaise of Tilbury: Otia Imperialia Recreation for an Emperor

by Banks, S. E.; Binns, J. W.

• ISBN13: 9780198202882
• ISBN10: 0198202881
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-18
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This is the first English translation and the first modern critical edition of Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia. Gervase wrote the Otia Imperialia in the early thirteenth century for his patron, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. It presents an encyclopedic melange of cosmographical,historical, and geographical information and a wealth of learned and original accounts of folklore and popular belief. It also contains advice to Otto and pertinent remarks on the relationship between Empire and Papacy, together with scientific and theological speculation. The edition alsoincludes Gervase's recently discovered Commentary on the Lord's Prayer. Gervase was a voracious and eclectic reader; his many borrowings are identified in this fully annotated edition.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated References	xii
Introduction	xxv
The Author	xxv
The Otia Imperialia	xxxviii
Date of composition, title, and structure	xxxviii
`A description of the whole world'	xlii
`A comparison of the priestly and kingly powers'	xlviii
`The marvels of every province'	lv
The Manuscripts	lxiii
Descriptions of the manuscripts	lxiii
The status of N	lxxix
The relationship between N and β; Stemma	lxxxiii
History of the Text	lxxxv
His Edition	lxxxvii
Orthography and word order	lxxxix
Treatment of place names and biblical quotations	xc
Commentary on the Lord's Prayer and Other Works	xcii
List of Sigla	xcvi
Plates	xcvii
TEXT AND TRANSLATION
Book I	2	(162)
Book II	164	(384)
Book III	548	(377)
APPENDICES
I. Addenda in β but not in N	828	(50)
II. Other addenda not in N	878	(24)
III. Commentary on the Lord's Prayer	902	(23)
Indexes	925