A survey of the manuscripts of Augustine's De Civitate Dei : new acquisitions

Abstract

This article aims to update the checklists of MSS. of Augustine’s De civitate Dei published in the 20th century, in order to gather and assess data for a future critical edition of this work. The research has been conducted through a wide bibliographical recognition, which has taken into account the physical resources available at the KU Leuven Special Collections as well as a wide selection of online digital tools. This research has resulted in a coherent prospect of selected data, which would otherwise be disseminated in the secondary literature.