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Novum Testamentum
XXIX,
2 (1987)
THE STUDY OF ACTS BEFORE

THE REFORMATION
A BIBLIOGRAPHIC INTRODUCTION
by
PAUL F. STUEHRENBERG
Yale University Divinity Library
The first fifteen centuries of the Christian Era generally receive

short shrift in histories of Biblical scholarship. This is particularly
true in the case of the book of Acts. Gasque,' for example, dismisses
The following abbreviations will be used throughout this bibliography:
Acts of the
The Acts of the Apostles. F. J. Foakes-Jackson and Kirsopp Lake, ed.
London: Macmillan, 1920-1933. Reprinted, Grand Rapids: Baker,
Apostles
1979. (Beginnings of Christianity, I)
Altaner
Berthold Altaner and Alfred Stuiber. Patrologie. 8. Aufl. Freiburg:
Herder, 1978.
Baumstark
Anton Baumstark. Geschichteder syrischenLiteratur. Bonn: A. Marcus
und E. Webers Verlag, 1922.
Beck
Hans-Georg Beck. Kirche und theologischeLiteratur im Byzantinischen
Reich. Munchen: Beck, 1959. (Byzantinisches Handbuch, XII.2.1)
Bible de tous Bible de tous les temps. Paris: Beauchesne, 1984-date.
les temps
CPG
Clavis Patrum Graecorum.Mauritius Geerard, ed. Turnhout: Brepols,
1974-1983.
CPL
Clavis Patrum Latinorum. Ed. altera. Steenbrugis: In Abbatia Sancti
Petri, 1961. (Sacris erudiri, III)
CSCO
Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium. Louvain:
Peeters,
1903-date.
CSEL
Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorumLatinorum. Vindobonai: Apud C.
Geroldi Filium, 1866-date.
Cramer
Catena in Acta SS. Apostolorume Cod. Nov. Coll. J. A. Cramer, ed.
Oxonii: E typographeo Academico, 1838. Reprinted, Hildesheim:
Olms, 1967. (Catenae Graecorum Patrum in Novum Testamentum,
III)
DCaB
John J. Delaney and James Edward Tobin. Dictionary of Catholic
biography. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1961.
DChB
William Smith and Henry Wace. A dictionary of Christian biography,
literature, sects and doctrines. Boston: Little, Brown, 1877-1887.
DMA
Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Joseph R. Strayer, ed. New York:
Scribners, 1982-date (first five vols. examined).
Fabricius
Johann Albert Fabricius. Bibliotheca Latina mediae et infimae aetatis.
Florentiae: Typ. Thomae Baracchi, 1858. Reprinted, Graz:
Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1962.
Ward Gasque. A history of the criticism of the Acts of the Apostles.
Gasque
COMMENTARIES ON ACTS BEFORE CA. 1520
the pre-Reformation period in one paragraph, and

before the Enlightenment the "pre-critical study
Acts".2 This neglect is reflected in, and in part is
a remarkable lack of bibliographic control over
101
calls everything
of the book of
responsible for,
this literature.
Tiibingen: Mohr, 1975. (Beitrage zur Geschichte der biblischen

Exegese, XVII)
Harnack
Adolf Harnack. Geschichteder altchristlichen Literatur bis Eusebius. 2.
erweiterte Aufl. Leipzig: Hinrich, 1958. Reprinted, Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1968.
Krumbacher Karl Krumbacher. Geschichteder byzantinischenLitteratur vonJustinian
bis zum Ende des ostromischenReiches (527-1453). 2. Aufl. bearbeitet
unter Mitwirkung von A. Ehrhard und H. Gelzer. Miinchen: Beck,
1897. (Handbuch der Klassischen Altertumswissenschaft, IX. 1)
LMA
Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munchen: Artemis, 1977-date (Bd. 1-3,1
examined).
LTK
Lexikon fur Theologie und Kirche. 2. Aufl. Freiburg: Herder,
1957-1965.
McCullough John C. McCullough. "Early Syriac commentaries on the New
Testament," Theological review, V (1982), pp. 14-33, 79-126.
Max Manitius. Geschichteder lateinischenLiteraturdes Mittelalters. MunManitius
Alterder Klassischen
chen: Beck, 1911-1923.
(Handbuch
tumswissenschaft, IX. 2)
A. J. and Mary Bedford Mattill. A classified bibliographyof literatureon
Mattill
theActs of theApostles. Leiden: Brill, 1966. (New Testament tools and
studies, VII)
NCE
New Catholic encyclopedia.New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.
PG
Patrologiae, series Graeca. J.-P. Migne, ed. Parisiis: Apud Garnier
fratres, 1857-1903.
PL
Patrologiae, series Latina. J.-P. Migne, ed. Parisiis: Apud Garnier
fratres, 1844-1903.
Johannes Quasten. Patrology. Utrecht: Spectrum, 1964-1966. Only
Quasten
three volumes have been published in the English edition. The
Italian translation of these three volumes was published in two
volumes (the first two volumes of the English edition being combined). A third volume was prepared for the Italian edition by the
Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum which covers the Latin
Fathers from Nicea (325) to Chalcedon (451). This volume was published: Roma: Merietti, 1978. It is cited here as "Quasten, III (It.)"
to differentiate it from volume III of the English edition.
Smalley
Beryl Smalley. The study of the Bible in the Middle Ages. 3rd ed., rev.
Oxford: Blackwell, 1983.
Soden
Hermann von Soden. Die Schriftendes Neuen Testamentsin ihrerdltesten
erreichbarenTextgestalt. Berlin: Duncker, 1902-1913.
Ceslaus Spicq. Esquisse d'une histoire de l'exegese latine au Moyen Age.
Spicq
Paris: Vrin, 1944. (Bibliotheque thomiste, XXVI)
Friedrich Stegmiiller. Repertorium Biblicum Medii Aevi. Matriti:
Stegmiiller
Instituto Francisco Suarez, 1940-1980.
TRE
TheologischeRealenzyklopddie. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1977-date
(Bd. 1-13 examined).
William Wright. A short historyof Syriac literature.London: Adam and
Wright
Charles Black, 1894.
2
Gasque, pp. 7-8.
102
Bibliographic control is critical for this period of time, for the time
before the Reformation is roughly synonymous with the time before
the invention of movable type. As a consequence, scholars must not
only identify the work to be consulted, they must also determine
whether that work has been published, and, if not, whether a usable
manuscript survives. To assist in the process I have compiled this
bibliography as a preliminary attempt to provide access to the
primary sources for the study of Acts in the period before the Reformation.
While there is no single comprehensive source dealing with the
study of Acts before the Reformation, there are several general
sources that are useful, and that have in part formed the basis for
this bibliography. The three volumes of the Cambridgehistoryof the
Bible (Cambridge: University Press, 1963-1970) provide a general
introduction to the history of exegesis. The first two volumes cover
the period up to the Reformation. Another general source is the
series Bible de tous les temps, the first four volumes of which cover the
period through the Middle Ages. Smalley provides additional
coverage of the Middle Ages through the thirteenth century. The
exegesis of the Middle Ages is covered from a different perspective
in Henri de Lubac's Exegese medievale: les quatres sens de l'ecriture
(Theologie, XLI, LIX; Paris: Aubier, 1959-1964).
None of the works mentioned above is designed to provide access
to the history of interpretation of a specific book of the Bible; for
such information the researcher must turn elsewhere. While Gasque does not cover this period adequately, he does provide a point
of departure by identifying nineteen authors who wrote on Acts
before the Reformation.3 Gasque refers for bibliographic information on these authors to Werner Bieder's Die Apostelgeschichtein der
Historie, and to Mattill. Bieder discusses twelve pre-Reformation
sources, the most recent a twelfth century Syriac author.4 Mattill
lists at least twenty-six pre-Reformation authors (seven more than
3
Ibid., p. 7.
Werner Bieder, Die Apostelgeschichtein derHistorie (Theologische Studien, LXI;
Zurich: EVZ-Verlag, 1960), pp. 4-10. While Bieder's discussion is helpful as far
as it goes, he makes no attempt to discuss the works that most immediately
reflected and most directly influenced the course of western scholarship: namely,
the later medieval commentators. Another discussion of the commentators of the
first six centuries is provided by Francois Bovon, De vocationegentium (Beitrage zur
Geschichte der biblischen Exegese, VIII; Tiibingen: Mohr, 1967), pp. 1-22.
4
103
nineteen Gasque found there), and supplies usable

bibliographic information for most. This reflects one of this
bibliography's weaknesses: it offers no chronological approach.
Since the imprint date of published works is of no assistance for
identifying pre-Reformation authors, the lack of a chronological
approach means that anyone attempting to use this bibliography for
a historical approach must know when the various authors lived. In
addition, Mattill is limited in scope to published works,5 thus
excluding references to the numerous works extant only in manuscript.
To identify manuscript material, particularly from the Middle
Ages, the researcher must turn to other sources. Chief among these
is Stegmiiller, who includes citations to manuscripts held by major
European libraries and provides basic biographical and
bibliographical information. Entry is by author; anonymous works
are listed by the library owning the manuscript (thus complicating
the identification of individual anonymous works). Volumes VIIIIX provide references to works, manuscripts and other information
not included in the initial seven volumes of the bibliography. The
numbering of the citations in the supplementary volumes repeats
that of the original bibliography, thus facilitating access to additional information on a particular author or work. Volumes X-XI
provide an index by incipit. The chief defect of this bibliography is
the lack of other indices, particularly by book of the Bible. Even the
incipit index is of marginal usefulness, since Stegmiiller has not
identified incipits for all works cited in the bibliography (many of
the works are cited at second or third hand). This lack of adequate
indices necessitates paging through the entire bibliography in order
to identify all references to a particular book of the Bible. Additional sources for identifying manuscript material include CPG and
CPL. These works are much more general in scope than is
Stegmiiller but provide some additional listings and additional
bibliographical information.
My bibliography includes all the works I have identified which
were composed before ca. 1520 and which either pertain specifically
to the book of Acts, or which cover larger parts of the Bible and
the
5
Those citations to manuscripts that are included (see numbers 81 and 650)
contain no information to indicate where the manuscripts are located or where the
compilers identified the citation.
104
include Acts.6 I have attempted in particular to identify commentaries or their equivalents (such as John Chrysostom's sermons). I
have generally excluded Biblical introductions and outlines, except
for those that were widely used (such as Isidore of Seville's). I have
included a separate listing only for those catenae which have
separate listings in CPG, PL or PG. By including these catenae I
do not mean to imply that these authors necessarily wrote commentaries on Acts. In some cases the catenae appear to be excerpted
from otherwise lost commentaries (see, for example, Origen); in
other cases they are clearly not from works specifically on Acts (see,
for example, Dionysius of Alexandria). The extent and scope of
each of the catenae can be determined from the authorities cited.
Developing criteria for selecting materials from Stegmiiller
proved troublesome. I was unable to examine personally all the
manuscript sources Stegmiiller identified, and so have relied on his
description of these works. In many cases Stegmiiller cites only the
title of a work, and the titles are often far from transparent. As a
result, I undoubtedly have included references to some works that,
had I more information, I would have excluded, and vice versa. For
example, Stegmiiller cites a compilation of selections from
Augustine's works by Bartolomaeus de Urbino (d. 1350) as Commentariiin Vet. Nov. Test. d. Augustini (no. 1592,1). This work was
published under the title Tam in Vetusquam in Novum Testamentum,
commentarii,ex omnibuseiusdemlucubrationibus
passim, in ordineutriusque
capitum, collecti (Basileae: Per Joannem Hervagium, 1542). Given
Stegmfiller's citation, I ordinarily would have considered this to be
a work likely to contain material on Acts. Upon examination of the
published volume, however, I found that it contains only comments
on the Old Testament. Consequently, this work is not cited in this
bibliography.
6
By thus limiting the scope of this bibliography I have undoubtedly omitted
numerous important sources for the study of the history of interpretation of Acts.
However, the task of compiling an index to all significant references to Acts for
such an extensive period far surpasses the scope of the present bibliography. Some
very important information can be gathered from sources other than works
specifically on Acts. See for example Henry J. Cadbury's account of the tradition
regarding the authorship of Acts in The Acts of the Apostles, II, pp. 209-264. A
source for identifying Biblical citations in patristic works is Biblia Patristica (Paris:
Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1975-1980). The three
volumes published cover the period through the third century.
105
The arrangement of the bibliography is chronological by century

with a name index appended. In some cases this arrangement
required an arbitrary judgment as to which century to assign an
author, particularly when the dates for an author are unknown or
uncertain. I have generally listed authors in the century of their
death, if known, or in the century in which they are known to have
been active. This uncertainty also necessitated the use of a category
"Before 1520" for those authors and works for which I could find
no date. Despite such difficulties, the chronological approach offers
the distinct advantage of graphically presenting the chain of
tradition.
For each author cited I include the name(s) of the work(s)
attributed to him. Next I list the bibliographical information for
those editions I have examined, both in the original language (or
surviving ancient language) and in modern translation. I have
given preference to critical editions. Where I list no printed edition,
I could identify none. I include annotations in some of the citations.
These annotations are primarily bibliographic in nature, and are
intended to assist in the location and use of the material cited. I
have also included occasional notes on the contents and/or coverage
of a work, particularly when the work is fragmentary. Finally, I list
references to standard biographical and bibliographical sources.
References to other editions and to secondary literature generally
can be found in one or more of these works.
Third Century
3.1 DIONYSIUS, OF ALEXANDRIA, ca. 190-265.
in ActusApostolorum.
Fragmentum
Cited in Cramer: comments on 5:4.
The fragment on Acts 5:4 may be from his commentary on
Ecclesiastes (CPG, no. 1584).
References:Altaner,pp. 210-211;CPG, no. 1590;DCaB, p. 332; DChB,
I, pp. 850-852;Harnack,I, pp. 409-427,II, pp. 57-66;LTK, III, col. 401;
NCE, IV, pp. 876-877;Quasten,II, pp. 101-109;TRE, VIII, pp. 767-771.
3.2 ORIGEN, ca. 184-ca.
253.
Homiliaein ActusApostolorum.
PG, XIV, col. 829-832. Cited in Cramer: comments on 4:33, 7:4,
52, 21:38.
Origen left discourses on nearly all books of the Bible. His comments
on Acts survive only in catenae. The reference in PG is to Acts 1:16.
106
References: Altaner, pp. 197-209; CPG, no. 1456; DCaB, pp. 879-880;
DChB, IV, pp. 96-156; Harnack, I, pp. 333-405, II, pp. 26-54; LTK, VII,
col. 1230-1235; Mattill, no. 785; NCE, X, pp. 767-774; Quasten, II, pp. 37101; Soden, I, pp. 1836-1837; Stegmiiller, no. 6219,2.
Fourth Century
4.1 APOLLINARIS, OF LAODICEA, ca. 310-ca. 390.
Fragmentumin Actus Apostolorum.
Apollinaris apparently wrote no commentary on Acts.
References: Altaner, pp. 313-315; CPG, no. 3693; DChB, I, pp. 134-135;
LMA, I, col. 770; LTK, I, col. 714; NCE, I, pp. 667-668; Quasten, III, pp.
377-383; TRE, III, pp. 362-371.
4.2
ATHANASIUS,
BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA,
295-373.
Scholia in Actus.
PG, XXVI, col. 1315-1318. Cited in Cramer: comments on 1:7,
2:22, 35, 4:26, 28, 5:4, 7:59, 8:23, 16:3.
The fragments on 5:4, 8:23, 16:3 are from Athanasius' ContraNovatianos.
References: Altaner, pp. 271-279; CPG, no. 2144,11; DCaB, p. 79;
DChB, I, pp. 179-203; DMA, I, p. 633; LMA, I, col. 1160-1161; LTK, I,
col. 976-981; NCE, I, pp. 996-999; Quasten, III, pp. 20-79; TRE, IV, pp.
333-349.
4.3 BASIL, THEGREAT,ca. 329-379.

Scholia in Actus.
Cited in Cramer: comments on 2:20, 7:56, 12:15, 16:18, 28:3, 27.
DChB, I, pp. 282-297; DMA, II, pp. 119-122; LMA, I, col. 1530; LTK,
II, col. 33-35; NCE, II, pp. 143-146; Quasten, III, pp. 204-236; TRE, V,
pp. 301-313.
4.4
DIDYMUS,
THE BLIND, OF ALEXANDRIA,
309-394.
Expositiones in Actus Apostolorum.

PG, XXXIX, col. 1653-1678. Cited in Cramer: 61 references.
Didymus'
commentary was apparently of considerable size
originally, but survives only in fragments. Cramer includes thirty more
fragments than does PG.
References: Altaner, pp. 280-281; CPG, no. 2561; DCaB, p. 329; DChB,
I, pp. 827-829; LTK, III, col. 373-374; Mattill, no. 340; NCE, IV, p. 861;
Quasten, III, pp. 85-100; TRE, VIII, pp. 741-746.
4.5
DIODORE,
OF TARSUS, d. before
394.
Commentaryon Acts.
Suidas reports that Theodorus Lector was acquainted with Diodore's
commentary on Acts (Quasten, III, p. 399).
COMMENTARIES
ON ACTS BEFORE
CA.
1520
107
References: Altaner, pp. 318-319; DCaB, p. 331; DChB, I, pp. 836-840;

LTK, III, col. 397-398; NCE, IV, p. 874; Quasten, III, pp. 397-401; TRE,
VIII, pp. 763-767.
4.6 EPHRAEM, THE SYRIAN, ca. 306-373.
on Acts.
Commentary
Translated and edited by Frederick C. Conybeare in: Acts of the
Apostles,III, pp. 373-453.
Ephraem's original work was in Syriac. The text is extant only in
Armenian. The Armenian works cited by Mattill were used by
Conybeare to produce his translations: on opposite pages are a Latin
translation of the Armenian version of Ephraem's commentary
(Mattill, no. 376) and an English translation of the excerpts from
Ephraem included in George of Skevrha's Armenian compilation (Mattill, no. 377).
References: Altaner, pp. 343-346; Baumstark, pp. 31-52; DCaB, p. 378;
DChB, II, pp. 137-144; LTK, III, col. 926-929; McCullough, pp. 16-18;
Mattill, no. 376-377; NCE, V, pp. 463-464; TRE, IX, pp. 755-762; Wright,
pp. 33-37.
4.7 EUSEBIUS,OF CAESAREA,ca. 260-ca. 339.

Scholiain Actus.
Cited in Cramer: comments on 7:8, 8:33, 11:21, 12:24, 28:22.
Eusebius wrote no commentary on Acts. The references in Cramer
are from his Ecclesiasticalhistory.
References: Altaner, pp. 217-224; Baumstark, pp. 58-60; CPG, no.
3469,13; DCaB, p. 392; DChB, II, pp. 308-348; Harnack, I, pp. 551-586,
II, pp. 106-127; LTK, III, col. 1195-1197; NCE, V, pp. 633-636; Quasten,
III, pp. 309-345; Soden, I, p. 1759; TRE, X, pp. 537-543.
4.8 EUSEBIUS, OF EMESA, ca. 300-ca.
359.
In ActaApostolorum.
PG, LXXXVI.1, col. 557-562. Cited in Cramer: comments on 7:20,
26, 29, 32, 9:8.
Eusebius wrote no commentary on Acts.
References: Altaner, p. 224; DChB, II, pp. 358-359; LTK, III, col. 1195;
Mattill, no. 382; NCE, V, p. 636; Quasten, III, pp. 348-351.
4.9 EUTHALIUS, THE DEACON, OF ALEXANDRIA, 4th century.
ElenchuscapitumlibriActuum.
PG, X, col. 1549-1558; LXXXV, col. 627-664.
This work contains a prologue and listing of the contents of Acts that
were included in many manuscripts of the text of Acts. PG, X, col.
1549-1558, is attributed by the editor to Pamphilus of Caesarea (d. ca.
309), but is the same as the work that goes under the name of Euthalius
(LTK, III, col. 1207).
References:CPG, no. 3640;DCaB, p. 394;DChB, II, pp. 395-397;LTK,
III, col. 1206-1207; Mattill, no. 383, 796; Soden, I, pp. 667-672.
108
4.10 GREGORY, OF ELVIRA, ca. 320-ca. 392.

Homilia I super Act. 2.1.
Edition consulted: Tractatus Origenis de libris SS. Scripturarum(Petrus
Batiffol and Andreae Wilmart, ed.; Parisiis: Picard, 1900). Acts: tractatus XX, pp. 207-213.
This work was attributed by its editors to Origen, but is currently
accepted as a work of Gregory (see Altaner, LTK, Quasten,
Stegmiuller).
References: Altaner, p. 370; DChB, II, pp. 739-741; LTK, IV, col. 11921193; NCE, VI, p. 790; Quasten, III (It.), pp. 79-83; Stegmiiller, no. 2625.
4.11 GREGORY, OF NAZIANZUS, ca. 330-ca. 390.
Scholia in Actus.
Gregory wrote no commentary on Acts.
References: Altaner, pp. 298-303; CPG, no. 3052,11; DCaB, pp. 510-511;
DChB, II, pp. 741-761; LTK, IV, col. 1209-1211; NCE, VI, pp. 791-794;
Quasten, III, pp. 236-254.
4.12
THEODORE,
OF HERACLEA, d. ca.
355.
Scholia in Actus.
Cited in Cramer: comments on 8:32, 33.
Theodore wrote no commentary on Acts.
References: CPG, no. 3565; DChB, IV, pp. 933-934; LTK, X, col. 40.
Fifth Century
5.1 AMMONIUS, OF ALEXANDRIA, 5th century.
Commentariain Vetus et Novum Testamentum.
col. 1361-1610. Acts: col. 1523-1608. Cited in
PG, LXXXV,
Cramer: 160 references.
The two citations in Mattill are to the same work: no. 78 is the commentary itself and no. 79 is the portion of the commentary dealing with
Acts. Cramer is the source for the Acts material in PG.
References: Altaner, pp. 516-517; CPG, no. 5504; LTK, I, col. 441;
Mattill, no. 78-79.
5.2
ARSENIUS, THE GREAT, d. 450.
Fragmentumin Acta Apostolorum.

References: CPG, no. 5550; DCaB, p. 75; DChB, I, pp. 172-174; LTK,
I, col. 907.
ca. 376-444.
in
Acta
Fragmentum
Apostolorum.
PG, LXX, col. 757-774. Cited in Cramer: 43 references.
Cyril did not write a separate commentary on Acts.
5.3
CYRIL, OF ALEXANDRIA,
109
I, pp. 763-773; LTK, VI, col. 706-709; Mattill, no. 321; NCE, IV, pp. 571576; Quasten, III, pp. 116-142; Soden, I, p. 1759; TRE, VIII, pp. 254-260.
5.4
EPIPHANIUS,
BISHOP OF CONSTANTIA, d. 403.
Scholia in Actus.
Cited in Cramer: comments on 8:9, 10:14, 11:6.
The catenae are apparently from his Panarion (CPG, no. 3745).
DChB, II, pp. 149-156; LTK, III, col. 944-947; NCE, V, pp. 478-479;
Quasten, III, pp. 384-396; Soden, I, p. 1759.
5.5 EUCHARIUS, BISHOP OF LYON, d. 449.
Instructionumad Salonium libri duo.
PL, L, col. 773-822. CSEL, XXXI, pp. 63-161.

The questions and answers covering Acts (1:12, 2:1, 9:7, 10:15,
19:4) are included in PL, L, col. 809-810 (CSEL, XXXI, pp. 134-136).
References: Altaner, p. 455; CPL, no. 489; DCaB, p. 386; DChB, II, pp.
255-257; LTK, III, col. 1166; NCE, V, p. 621; Quasten, III (It.), pp. 479482; Stegmiiller, no. 2261; TRE, X, pp. 522-525.
5.6
HESYCHIUS,
OF JERUSALEM, d. after
450.
Fragmentain ActaApostolorum.
PG, XCIII, col. 1387-1390. Cited in Cramer.
Hesychius is credited with commentaries on the whole Bible, many
of which are unedited. The fragments preserved in PG are on Acts 2:27,
4:27, 7:57, 13:33, 35 (see also Cramer).
References: Altaner, pp. 333-334; DCaB, p. 558; DChB, III, pp. 11-12;
LTK, V, col. 308-309; Mattill, no. 521; NCE, VI, p. 1090; Quasten, III,
pp. 488-496.
5.7
ISIDORE, OF PELUSIUM, d. ca.
435.
Epistolarumlibri V.
Cited in Cramer: comments on 2:3, 5:9, 8:6, 10:2, 13:10, 17:19, 23,
19:35, 28:15.
Isidore wrote more than 3000 letters, 2010 of which are preserved in
PG, LXXVIII, col. 119-1646. Many of these letters are exegetical,
parts of which were later included in catenae. A cross index from the
reference in Cramer to the letter is included in PG, LXXVIII, col.
1671-1674.
III, pp. 315-320; LTK, V, col. 789; NCE, VII, col. 673-674; Quasten, III,
pp. 180-185.
5.8 JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, d. 407.
Homiliaein Acta.
PG, LX, col. 13-384. Homilieson theActs of theApostlesand theEpistle
to theRomans(Philip Schaff, ed.; Select library of the Nicene and post-
110
Nicene Fathers of the church, XI; New York: Christian LiteratureCo.,

1889. Reprinted, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1956), pp. 1-328.
Cited in Cramer: ca. 840 references.
John Chrysostom's fifty-five sermons on Acts were extremely
influential throughout the Middle Ages, frequently serving as the basis
upon which subsequent commentaries were constructed. These sermons, composed ca. 400, were "the only complete commentary on Acts
that has survived from the first ten centuries" (Quasten, III, pp.
440-441).
The Greek text of Chrysostom's Sermonspreserved in PG is generally
recognized to be a secondary tradition. While several attempts have
been made at a critical edition of the Greek text, to date none has
appeared in print. As a result, the English translation contained in the
Selectlibraryof Niceneandpost-NiceneFathersof thechurch"remains our only
presentation in print of the text in an unmixed state".7
References: Altaner, pp. 322-331; Baumstark, pp. 80-81; CPG, no. 4426;
DCaB, p. 619; DChB, I, pp. 518-535; LTK, V, col. 1018-1021; Mattill, no.
275-280, 6136; NCE, VII, pp. 1041-1044; Quasten, III, pp. 424-482;
Stegmiiller, no. 4357-4359.
5.9 SEVERIAN,OF GABALA,d. after 408.

Fragmentain ActaApostolorum.
Cited in Cramer: comments on 2:1, 3, 4, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20,
7:9, 40-41, 10:4, 23:3.
Only fragments survive of the commentaries Severian wrote. The
fragments on Acts are apparently from others of his writings.
References: Altaner, p. 332; CPG, no. 4218; DCaB, p. 1051; DChB, IV,
pp. 625-626; LTK, IX, col. 698-699; NCE, XIII, pp. 142-143; Quasten, III,
pp. 484-486.
5.10 THEODORE, OF MOPSUESTIA, d. 428.
In ActaApostolorum
commentarii.
PG, LXVI, col. 785-786.
The bulk of Theodore's commentary is lost. PG contains a Latin
translation of Theodore's comment on 2:38. CPG has references to
other Latin and Syriac fragments. Ernst von Dobschiitz published the
Greek text and English translation of a prologue which he identified as
the introduction to Theodore's now lost commentary.8 This attribution
is disputed by Robert Devreesse.9
7
E. R. Smothers, "Toward a critical text of the homilies on Acts of St. John
Chrysostom," Studia Patristica, I (1957), pp. 53-57.

8
Ernst von Dobschiitz, "A hitherto unpublished prologue to the Acts of the
Apostles (probably by Theodore of Mopsuestia)," Americanjournal of theology, II
(1898), pp. 353-387.
9 Robert Devreesse, Essai sur Theodorede Mopsuestia
(Studi e testi, CXLI; Citta
del Vaticano: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1948), pp. 38-39.
111
References: Altaner, pp. 319-322; Baumstark, pp. 102-104; CPG, no.

3844; DCaB, p. 1110; DChB, IV, pp. 934-948; LTK, X, col. 42-44; Mattill,
no. 5016-5017; NCE, X, pp. 18-19; Quasten, III, pp. 401-423.
5.11 THEODOTUS, BISHOP OF ANCYRA, d. ca. 446.
Fragmentain Actus.
PG, LXXVII, col. 1431-1432. Cited in Cramer.
PG includes comments on 2:17, 3:15-16, 13:40 (see also Cramer).
References: CPG, no. 6140; DChB, IV, p. 983; LTK, X, col. 51; Mattill,
no. 1027; NCE, XIV, pp. 27-28.
Sixth Century
6.1 ABA TRADITION,6th-8th
centuries.
on the New Testament.

Commentary
McCullough notes that there are three teachers called Aba who may
have written commentaries on the New Testament: Mar Aba I (d. 552),
Mar Aba II (d. 751), and Aba from Kaskar (6/7th century). No manuscript of this tradition survives, but it is cited in later works, notably the
Gannat Bussame. Reinink discusses the history of this complex tradition (CSCO, CDXIV. Subsidia, LVII, pp. 61-70).
References: Baumstark, pp. 119-120, 123-124, 214-215; LTK, I, col. 6-7;
McCullough, p. 99; Wright, pp. 116-118, 186-187.
6.2 ARATOR, SUBDEACONIN ROME, ca. 500-ca.
550.
De ActibusApostolorum.
PL, LXVIII, col. 81-246. CSEL, LXXII.
Arator's epic poem in 2326 hexameters is modeled on the Carmen
Paschaleof Sedulius. The poem was originally read to an audience in the
Church of St. Peter-in-Chains and remained popular during the Middle Ages. It is "an amalgam of faulty prosody, uninspired rhetoric,
excessive allegory, and the mystical interpretation of numbers" (NCE,
I, pp. 738-739). Richard J. Schrader indicates that he is preparing an
English translation of the text.'0 The publication of this translation is
still pending. "
References: Altaner, p. 499; CPL, no. 1504; DCaB, p. 68; DChB, I, p.
152; DMA, I, p. 422; Fabricius, I/II, pp. 125-126; LMA, I, col. 868; LTK,
I, col. 800; Manitius, I, pp. 162-167; Mattill, no. 86-89; NCE, I, pp. 738739; Stegmiiller, no. 1423-1425.
6.3
CASSIODORUS,
SENATOR, d. ca.
583.
ActuumApostolorum.
Complexiones
PL, LXX, col. 1381-1406.
The Complexiones
was apparently unknown in the Middle Ages. As
'0 Richard J. Schrader, "Arator: [a] revaluation," Classicalfolia, XXXI
(1977), pp. 64-77.
" Richard J. Schrader, Letter,Nov. 14, 1984.
112
James J. O'Donnell notes, only one manuscript of the work survives,

and it dates from the sixth century.12
References: Altaner, pp. 486-488; CPL, no. 903; DCaB, pp. 221-222;
DChB, I, pp. 416-418; DMA, III, pp. 123-124; Fabricius, I/II, pp. 330-331;
LMA, II, col. 1551-1554; LTK, II, col. 970-971; Manitius, I, pp. 36-52;
Mattill, no. 264-265; NCE, III, p. 184; Stegmiiller, no. 1896; TRE, VII, pp.
657-663.
6.4 OECUMENIUS, 6th century.
Commentariain Acta Apostolorum.
PG, CXVIII, col. 25-308.
Modern scholars generally agree that the commentary on Acts
attributed to Oecumenius is an eighth, rather than a sixth, century
work. As Beck observes, "Beim Kommentar zur Apostelgeschichte ist
der Name Oikumenios reine Phantasie des Herausgebers" (p. 418).
This editorial error of the sixteenth century is perpetrated in PG. Beck
dismisses Altaner's suggestion that it is the work of a second
Oecumenius.
References: Altaner, p. 517; Beck, pp. 417-418; CPG, no. C151; Krumbacher, pp. 131-133; LTK, VIII, col. 1122-1123; Mattill, no. 776-779;
Soden, I, pp. 270-278, 691-692, 1735; Stegmiiller, no. 6134.
6.5 SEVERUS,OF ANTIOCH,ca. 465-538.

Fragmentain catena in Actus.
Cited in Cramer: 54 references.
References: Altaner, pp. 505-507; CPG, no. 7080,15; DChB, IV, pp. 637641; LTK, IX, col. 702-703; NCE, XIII, pp. 143-144.
Seventh Century
7.1
ANDREW,
ARCHBISHOP
OF CAESAREA
IN CAPPADOCIA,
7th
century?
Scholia.
Robert Devreesse states that there are two manuscript traditions
associated with the name of Andrew. The first is represented by the text
in Cramer. It includes scholia from Ammonius of Alexandria,
Apollinaris of Laodicea, Arsenius the Great, Athanasius of Alexandria,
Basil the Great, Clement of Alexandria, Cyril of Alexandria, Didymus
the Blind, Dionysius of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Constantia,
Evagrius, Eusebius of Caesarea, Eusebius of Emesa, Gregory of
Nazianzus,
Gregory of Nyssa, Hesychius of Jerusalem, John
Chrysostom, Irenaeus, Isidore of Pelusium, Maximus the Confessor,
Nicholas of Ancyra, Origen, Severian of Gabala, Severus of Antioch,
Theodoretus, Theodore of Heraclea, Theodore, monk and presbyter,
Theodotus of Ancyra, and Theophilus of Alexandria.
12
(Berkeley: University of California Press,

James J. O'Donnell, Cassiodorus
1979), p. 225.
COMMENTARIES
ON ACTS BEFORECA. 1520
113
The second group of manuscripts, Devreesse states, "n'est pas

semblable a l'Oxon. 58 reproduit par Cramer".13 I have confirmed this
observation through an examination of manuscript Hagios Paulos 129
(also called Hagios Paulos 2).14 While the commentary in this manuscript is incomplete,'5 that which is present is dissimilar to the commentary in Cramer. I have found no study which adequately explains this
phenomenon.
References: Beck, pp. 469-470; CPG, no. C150; Krumbacher, pp. 211215; Mattill, no. 81; Soden, I, pp. 278-279, 683-692, 1727-1735.
7th century.
in
totam
Scripturam.
Expositio
No trace of this commentary remains. It is cited in later works,
notably the Gannat Bussame.
References: Baumstark, pp. 137-139; LTK, I, col. 1164-1165; McCullough,
p. 96; Wright, pp. 167-169.
7.2
BABAI, THE GREAT,
7.3 GREGORY I, POPE, ca. 540-604.

De expositione Veterisac Novi Testamenti.
PL, LXXIX, col. 677-1136. "De testimoniis in librum Actum
Apostolorum": col. 1085-1096.
De expositioneNovi Testamenti.
PL, LXXIX, col. 1137-1424. "Expositio super Acta Apostolorum":
col. 1269-1292.
Both of these works are compilations from the works of Gregory. The
quotations are arranged in order of the books of the Bible. The first
13 Robert
Devreesse, "Chaines exegetiques grecques," Dictionnairede la Bible,
suppl. I (Paris: Letouzey, 1928), col. 1206.
14 Mattill, no. 81. This manuscript is described more fully in Catalogue
of the
Greekmanuscripts
onMountAthos,I (Spyr. P. Lambros, ed.; Cambridge: University
desNeuenTestaments,
Press, 1895), no. 129, and in Caspar Rene Gregory, Textkritik
I (Leipzig: Hinrich, 1900), no. 374. It is also listed in A descriptive
checklist
of selected
manuscriptsin the monasteriesof Mount Athos (Ernest W. Saunders, comp.;
Washington: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1957), p. 26. I
examined a photographic copy of the manuscript which is included in Harvard
University Library's J. P. Morgan collectionof manuscriptphotographs,no. 16.1
(Widener Library, XT37.2). Acts occupies fol. 1-98 of this manuscript. For further information regarding the manuscripts of Andrew's commentary, see the
references in Soden and in Georgius Karo and Ioannes Lietzmann, "Catenarum
Graecarum catalogus," Nachrichten
von derKonigl. Gesellschaft
der Wissenschaften
zu
Klasse(1902), pp. 592-595.
Gottingen,Philologisch-historische
15 This manuscript was copied by two clearly distinguishable hands. The first,
which is easily decipherable, contains only the text of Acts for 1-6:5, 10:46-11:23,
12:14-13:7, with no commentary. The second hand, which is much more difficult
to read (and which may be more than one hand), reproducesthe remainder of Acts
with marginal commentary. This copyist includes no commentary on fol. 23v,
25r, 35v, 37v-38r, 50v, 52r, 60r, 64r, 68v-69r, 70v-71r, 76v, 77v-79r, 81v-84r,
86r, 87r, 88r, 89r, 91v and 95v. No similar gaps occur in the commentary as
reproduced by Cramer.
114
work was attributed to Paterius, Bishop of Brescia (d. 606), who was
an associate of Gregory's (DCaB, p. 900; DChB, IV, p. 198; Fabricius,
V/VI, pp. 191-192), but is more likely a pseudonymous compilation of
the twelfth century (Stegmiuller'sPs. Paterius A); the second work is by
Alulfus (d. 1144) (Fabricius, I/II, pp. 72-73; LTK, I, col. 407), who
was the librarian of St. Martin de Tournai (Ps. Paterius C). Bruno, a
monk who flourished ca. 1100 (Ps. Paterius B), corrected the compilation of Ps. Paterius. A. Bruno's work is unpublished. Gregory was
perhaps the single most important influence on the later exegesis of the
Middle Ages.
References:Altaner,pp. 466-473;DCaB, pp. 505-506;DChB, II, pp.
779-791;Fabricius,III/IV, pp. 79-84;LTK, IV, col. 1177-1181;Manitius,
I, pp. 92-106;NCE, VI, pp. 766-770;Stegmiiller,no. 6297, 6319,2, 6320,2.
7.4 ISIDORE,OF SEVILLE,ca. 560-636.
In libros Veterisac Novi Testamenti
prooemia.
PL, LXXXIII, col. 155-180. Acts: col. 178.
Gloss. Nov. Test.
No published edition identified.
References:Altaner,pp. 494-497;DCaB,p. 595;DChB,III, pp. 305-313;
Fabricius,III/IV, pp. 464-470;LTK, V, col. 786-787;Manitius,I, pp. 5270; NCE, VII, pp. 674-676;Stegmiiller,no. 5176, 5225, 5312.
7.5 JOB, OF QATAR, 7th century.
on theNew Testament.
Commentary
No trace of this commentary remains. It is cited in later works,
notably the Gannat Bussame.
References:Baumstark,p. 132; McCullough,p. 95.
ca. 580-662.
7.6 MAXIMUS,THECONFESSOR,
Scholia.
References:Altaner,pp. 521-524;CPG, no. 7711,9;DCaB, pp. 778-779;
DChB, III, p. 884; LTK, VII, col. 208-210;NCE, IX, pp. 514-516.
Eighth Century
8.1 BEDE, THEVENERABLE,673-735.
SuperActaApostolorum
expositio.
PL, XCII, col. 937-996. BedaeVenerabilis
ExpositioActuumApostolorum
L.
W.
et Retractatio
Laistner,
ed.;
(M.
Cambridge: Mediaeval Academy
of America, 1939. Reprinted, New York: Kraus, 1970), pp. 3-90.
in ActusApostolorum.
Liberretractationis
PL, XCII, col. 995-1032. BedaeVenerabilis
ExpositioActuumApostolorum
et Retractatio,pp. 93-146.
In ActaApostolorum
quaestiones
quinque.
PL, XCII, col. 1031-1034.
115
Expositio de nominibus locorum, vel civitatum, quae leguntur in libro Actuum

Apostolorum.
PL, XCII, col. 1033-1040 (compare Liber nominum locorum, ex Actis,
attributed to Jerome, PL, XXIII, col. 1357-1366). Bedae Venerabilis
Expositio Actuum Apostolorumet Retractatio, pp. 149-158.
Bede relied most heavily on the works of Jerome, Gregory the Great
and Arator, with references to Ambrose, Augustine, Isidore of Seville,
Gregory of Nazianzus and Josephus (Spicq, p. 29). Bede's works were
important sources for the Glossa ordinariaon Acts.
References: CPL, no. 1357-1359; DCaB, p. 115; DChB, I, pp. 301-304;
DMA, II, pp. 153-156; Fabricius, I/II, pp. 172-181; LMA, I, col. 17741779; LTK, II, col. 93-94; Manitius, I, pp. 70-87; Mattill, no. 128-132,
2264; NCE, II, p. 217; Spicq, pp. 29-31; Stegmiiller, no. 1615-1618; TRE,
V, pp. 397-402.
8.2 THEODORE, BAR KONAI, 8th century.
Liber scholiorum.
Recension de Seert. Syriac text: CSCO, LV, LXIX.
XIX, XXVI.
Scriptores Syri,
French translation: CSCO, CDXXXI-CDXXXII.
Recensiond'Urmiah. Syriac
Scriptores Syri, CLXXXVII-CLXXXVIII.
and French: CSCO, CDXLVII-CDXLVIII.
Scriptores Syri, CXCIIICXCIV. Acts: Mimra VIII, 44-55.
While there has been considerable discussion about who Theodore
was and when he lived, McCullough concludes that "his writings can
be studied ... as examples of Nestorian scholarship of the eighth century" (p. 22).
References: Baumstark, pp. 218-219; LTK, X, col. 38; McCullough, pp. 2223; Wright, p. 222.
8.3
Ps.
OECUMENIUS.
See at 6.4.
Ninth Century
9.1
ANONYMOUS SYRIAC COMMENTARY.
McCullough reports that this commentary survives in two manuscripts containing the Old Testament and one the entire Bible. The
commentary was composed between the time of Isho'dad of Merv and
the composition of the tenth century manuscript which contains it. The
portion of this commentary on Genesis was translated and edited by
Abraham Levene, The early Syriacfathers on Genesis (London: Taylor's
Foreign Press, 1951). The remainder is unpublished.
References: McCullough, p. 90.
9.2
HAIMO,
OF HALBERSTADT, d. 853.
In Actus Apostolorum.
Haimo, a student of Alcuin, did not compose any of the commen-
116
taries attributed to him. Stegmiiller states: "Commentaria

Ps.
Haymonis de Halberstadt certo non sunt composita ab Haimone de
Canterbury, Haimone de Chalon, Haimone de Verdun, Haimone de
Hirschau, neque a Remigio Remensi, vel Ps. Primasio. Exigua tantum
ratio habenda est Remigii de Lyon, Remigii de Auxerre" (III, p. 8).
References: Fabricius, III/IV, pp. 170-173; LTK, IV, col. 1325-1326;
NCE, VI, p. 898; Stegmiiller, no. 3100.
9.3 ISHO BAR NUN, d. 828.
Quaestionesin totam Scripturam.
McCullough reports that this work survives in the manuscript Cambridge Additional 2017. The questions on Acts appear on fol. 93b ff.
(p. 106).
References: Baumstark, pp. 219-220; McCullough, p. 98; Wright, pp.
216-218.
9.4
ISHO'DAD,
OF MERV,
9th century.
Commentaryon Acts.
Syriac text and English translation: Acts of theApostlesand threeCatholic
Epistles (Margaret Dunlop Gibson, ed. and trans.; Commentaries of
Isho'dad of Merv, IV; Horae Semiticae, X; Cambridge: University
Press, 1913), pp. 1-35.
Isho'dad, a Nestorian, shows a heavy reliance upon Theodore of
Mopsuestia and Ephraem the Syrian. He also cites Aratus, Babai the
Persian, Dionysius (?), Epimenides, Hegesippus, Jacob of Edessa,
Josephus, Nestorius and Tatian.
References: Baumstark, p. 234; Mattill, no. 559; McCullough, pp. 23-24;
NCE, VII, p. 672; Wright, pp. 220-221.
9.5 RABANUS MAURUS, 776-856.
Tractatussuper Acta.
The Cambridge University copy of this unpublished manuscript
(Ee.3.51, fol. 195-241) is available on microfilm at the Yale University
Divinity School Library. Rabanus' commentary was an important
source for the Glossa ordinaria on Acts.
References: DCaB, pp. 968-969; Fabricius, V/VI, pp. 329-333; LTK, V,
col. 499-500; Manitius, I, pp. 288-302; NCE, XII, pp. 37-39; Stegmuiller,
no. 7063.
9.6
SEVERUS,
MONK,
OF ANTIOCH,
9th century.
Catena commentary.
This commentary on the entire Bible was originally compiled in 861
by Severus. Toward the end of the ninth or beginning of the tenth century it was copied by Shem'on of Hisn Mansur, who may have combined it with his own commentary (see the discussion in McCullough).
References: Baumstark, p. 279; McCullough, pp. 89-90; NCE, III, p. 246.
117
Tenth Century
10.1 GANNAT BUSSAME.
The GannatBussameis an anonymous Syriac commentary on the

Nestorian lectionary and includes material on Acts. G. J. Reinink dates
this work to the tenth century,'6 but, while many of the authorities cited
date from before this time, McCullough concludes that "until further
proof is forthcoming, probably the most prudent conclusion is that the
date of the GannatBussame,as also its author, is unknown" (p. 88).
Reinink indicates that he is preparing a critical edition of the text.17
References:Baumstark,pp. 308-309;McCullough,pp. 87-89.
10.2 LEO MAGISTER,
10th
century.
Scholiaon Acts.
PG refers to a manuscript of Leo's commentaries on the historical
books of the Old Testament, Matthew, Luke, John, Acts, and the seven
Catholic Epistles (CVI, col. 1017-1018). PG reproduces only the comments on Genesis 1 (col. 1019-1022).
References:Beck,pp. 594-595;Krumbacher,p. 131;LTK, III, col. 1281,
VI, col. 56; Mattill, no. 650.
10.3 MOSESBARKEPHA, ca. 813-903.
on Acts.
Commentary
McCullough indicates that Moses was the earliest Syriac author to
comment on the entire Bible. The commentary on Acts survives only
in fragments (p. 25).
References:Baumstark,pp. 281-282;LTK, VII, col. 654; McCullough,
pp. 25-27;Wright,pp. 207-211.
10.4 REMIGIUS, OF AUXERRE, ca. 841-908.
Acta.
References:DCaB,p. 982;Fabricius,V/VI, pp. 367-369;LTK, VIII, col.
1223-1225;Manitius,I, pp. 504-519;NCE, XII, pp. 340-341;Stegmiiller,
no. 7230.
Eleventh Century
11.1 FULBERT, of CHARTRES, ca. 960-1028.
In illud Act. 12:1, Misit rexmanus....

PL, CXLI, col. 277-306.
Stegmiller originally listed this as Fulbert's work (II, p. 320), but in
his supplement cites this author as "Ps. Fulbertus Carnontensis," and
16
CSCO, CDXIV.
17
Ibid., p. 5*.
Subsidia, LVII, p. 3.
118
refers to Richard of St. Victor as the author (IX, p. 10). Cf. no. 12.11
below. The work deals with Acts 12:1-11.
References:DCaB, p. 451; DMA, V, pp. 310-311;Fabricius,I/II, pp.
616-617;LTK, IV, col. 443; Manitius,II, pp. 682-694;NCE, VI, pp. 216217; Stegmiiller,no. 2340.
11.2 JOHANNES NIVICELLENSIS, fl. ca.
1070.
cumconcordantia
decretitheologorum.
AllegationesVeteriset Novi Testamenti
Bibliae et juris canonici(Cologne:
Edition consulted: Concordantiae
Johann Koelhoff, 1482). Acts: fol. 15-ml.
References:Fabricius,III/IV, p. 334; Stegmiller, no. 4834.
11.3 PETER DAMIAN,
1007-1072.
TestimoniaActuum.
PL, CXLV, col. 901-904.
Peter Damian did not write a commentary on Acts. His students
compiled "testimonia" from his writings and arranged them according
to the books of the Bible. The material on Acts is excerpted from a letter
to Pope Alexander.
References:DCaB, p. 919; Fabricius,I/II, pp. 425-427;LTK, VIII, col.
358-360;NCE, XI, pp. 214-215;Stegmiller,no. 6603,4.
Twelfth Century
12.1 ALBERT, OF SIEGBURG, fl. 12th century.
GlossariumVeteriset Novi Testamenti.

Mt. -Act.
No published editions identified.
References:Fabricius,I/II, p. 47; LTK, I, col. 282;Stegmiiller,no. 10671069, 1071, 1077.
12.2 ANSELM, OF LAON, d. 1117.
Glossaordinariain ActusApostolorum.
PL, CXIV, col. 425-470. Biblia Latina una cum Glossa ordinaria
AnselmiLaudunensis.Strassburg: Adolf
WalafridiStraboniset interlineari
IV between Hebrews and James (the
in
vol.
1479.
Acts
Rusch,
appears
are
erraticallynumbered). This edition is included in German
signatures
booksbefore1601, reels 218-219.18
In additionto the early Germanimprintsincludedin this series,the early
imprintsof severalothercountriesare in the processof beingmicrofilmed.These
18
series include Englishbooks,1475-1640, Frenchbooksbefore1601, Frenchbooks,16011700, Italianbooksbefore1601, Italianbooks,1601-1700, Booksprintedin theNetherlands

andLatinAmericanbooksbefore1601.
andBelgiumbefore1601, and, Spanish,Portuguese
For a descriptionof theseand othermicrographicserieswithnotes on scopeand

availability,see the Center for Research Libraries'Handbook
(Chicago:The
Center, 1981), pp. 58-62.
COMMENTARIES
ON ACTS BEFORE
CA.
1520
119
The Gloss was the standard text for the study of the Bible in the
schools for the duration of the Middle Ages. The gloss on Acts cites
primarily Bede and Rabanus Maurus.
Sixtus Senensis in his Bibliothecasacra(Venice, 1566) attributed the
marginal commentary of the Gloss to Walafrid Strabo and the
interlinear to Anselm of Laon, an attribution perpetrated by PL (see
also Manitius, I, p. 305). While the authors of the glosses on few of the
books of the Bible are known for certain, scholars today generally agree
that Walafrid Strabo had nothing to do with the Gloss,but rather, that
it is the work of Anselm of Laon and his school.19
The text of the Glossprinted in PL is notoriously inadequate. Among
other deficiencies it provides only the beginnings and the ends of quotations, thus avoiding the necessity for establishing the text. Since there
is no critical edition of the text, the researcher must go directly to the
manuscripts or to early printed editions.
References:DCaB, p. 61; DMA, I, pp. 315-316;Fabricius,I/II, p. 108;
LMA, I, col. 687-688;LTK, I, col. 595-596;NCE, I, p. 584, XIV, p. 769;
Stegmiiller,no. 1356, 2584, 11831;TRE, III, pp. 1-5.
12.3
ARABIC
COMPILATION.
This compilation is preserved in Cod. arab. 576 of the Coptic

Patriarchal Library in Cairo (12th-13th centuries). The manuscript is
described in Karl Staab, Die Pauluskatenen
nachdenhandschriftlichen
Quellen
untersucht(Scripta Pontificii Instituti Biblici; Roma: Verlag des
Papstlichen Bibelinstituts, 1926), pp. 182-183. The compilation is
dependent on that of Ps. Oecumenius and includes catenae of John
Chrysostom, Athanasius, Basil and Kyriakos.
References:CPG, no. C153.
12.4 CLEMENT, of
LLANTHONY,
d. 1190?
Act.
References:DCaB, p. 261; Stegmiller, no. 1984.
12.5 DIONYSIUS, BAR SALIBI, d. 1171.
In ActaApostolorum.
Syriac text and Latin translation: CSCO, LIII, LX. Scriptores Syri,
XVIII, XX.
19On the historyandformationof the Glosssee
Smalley,pp. x, 56, TRE, XIII,
pp. 452-457,Bibledetouslestemps,IV, pp. 95-114, 175-177,andG. R. Evans,The
andlogicof theBible:theearlier
MiddleAges(Cambridge:CambridgeUniverlanguage
booksof theBibleandthe
sity Press, 1984), pp. 37-47. C. F. R. DeHamel, Glossed
originsof theParisbooktrade(Woodbridge,Suffolk:D. S. Brewer,1984), presents
an analysisof the productionand distributionof the Glossin the twelfthand early
thirteenthcenturies. This work was originallypresentedas his dissertation
(Oxford, 1978).
120
Dionysius wrote commentaries on all books of the Bible. His declared

aim was to summarize previous exegetical work. As a consequence, his
commentaries are valuable repositories for earlier Syriac exegetical
traditions (McCullough, pp. 82-83).
References: Baumstark, pp. 295-298; LTK, III, col. 401-402;
McCullough, pp. 79-83; Mattill, no. 342; Stegmuller, no. 3870; TRE, IX,
pp. 6-9; Wright, pp. 246-250.
12.6
GEORGE, OF SKEVRHA, 12th
century?
Armenian compilation.
Armenian text: Meknut'iun GorcocArk'eloc Khmbaqir arareal nakhneas
Yoskeberaneev Yep'reme(I Venetik: I tparan srboyn Ghazaru, 1839).
The portions attributed to Ephraem of Syria are translated and
edited by Frederick C. Conybeare, in: Acts of the Apostles, III, pp.
373-453.
The catenae were compiled from works by John Chrysostom,
Ephraem the Syrian, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus, David
the Philosopher, Dionysius (of Alexandria?), Kyriakos, and Nerses
Catholicos, Patriarch of Sis in Armenian Cilicia. The catenae were
compiled some time after Nerses' death, about 1167. Conybeare
indicates that the compiler was George of Skevrha.20
References: Mattill, no. 377.
12.7 LAMBERTUSATREBATENSIS,fl. 1093-1115.
Rhythmi in universa Biblia.
References: Fabricius, III/IV, p. 521; Stegmiiller, no. 5344.
fl. ca. 1150.

12.8 OSBERN,OF GLOUCESTER,
Gen.-Apoc.
References: Fabricius, V/VI, p. 170; NCE, X, p. 804; Stegmiiller, no.
6229.
12.9 PETERCANTOR,ca. 1130-1197.

Glossa in totum Vetus ac Novum Testamentum.
References: Fabricius, V/VI, pp. 237-238; LTK, VIII, col. 353-354;
NCE, XI, p. 213; Spicq, p. 135; Stegmuller, no. 6445-6446, 6508.
12.10 PETER LOMBARD, ca. 1095-1160.
Accessus ad Acta.
References: DCaB, pp. 919-920; Fabricius, V/VI, pp. 249-250; LTK,
VIII, col. 367-369; NCE, XI, pp. 221-222; Stegmiiller, no. 6651.
20
Acts of the Apostles, III, p. 373.
121
12.11 RICHARD, OF ST. VICTOR, d. 1173.
De ActibusApostolorum.
PL, CXLI, col. 277-306.
This work is attributed to Fulbert of Chartres under the title In illud
Act. 12.1, Misit rexmanusin PL and by Stegmuiller,II, p. 320 (see also
V, p. 112), but to Richard in Stegmiller, IX, p. 379. Cf. no. 11.1
above. This work deals with Acts 12:1-11.
References: DCaB, p. 990; Fabricius, V/VI, pp. 387-388; LTK, VIII, col.
1293-1294; NCE, XII, pp. 483-484; Stegmiiller, no. 7340,2.
12.12 THEODORE PRODROMUS, d. ca. 1166.
in Vetuset Novum Testamentum.

Epigrammata
PG, CXXXIII, col. 1101-1220. Acts: col. 1209-1220.
References: LTK, X, col. 45.
12.13
1108.
THEOPHYLACTUS,
ARCHBISHOP OF BULGARIA, ca. 1050-ca.
libriActorum.
Argumentum
PG, CXXV, col. 483-1132.
References: Beck, pp. 649-651; CPG, no. C152; Krumbacher, pp. 133135; LTK, X, col. 92; Mattill, no. 1029-1031; NCE, XIV, p. 73; Soden, I,
pp. 687-691.
ThirteenthCentury
13.1 ADAM, OF COURLANDON, d. ca. 1233.
MiscellaneatheologicasuperActusApostolorum.
References: Fabricius, I/II, p. 9; LTK, I, col. 131; Stegmiiller, no. 863.
13.2
ADENULF,
OF ANAGNI,
ca.
1225-1289.
Act.
This work is also attributed to John Lathbury (Stegmiiller, no. 4763)
and to Tommaso Agni de Lentini (Stegmuiller, no. 8017).
References: LMA, I, col. 149; LTK, I, col. 144; NCE, I, pp. 127-128;
Stegmiiller, II, pp. 14-15.
13.3 ALBERTUS MAGNUS, ca. 1200-1280.
CatenasupertotamBibliam.
Stegmuller lists this work among Albert's "Opera spuria et dubia."
References: DCaB, pp. 24-25; DMA, I, pp. 126-130; Fabricius, I/II, pp.
42-45; LMA, I, col. 294-299; LTK, I, col. 285-287; NCE, I, pp. 254-258;
Stegmiiller, no. 1008; TRE, II, pp. 177-184.
122
13.4 ALEXANDER,
OF VILLADEI, ca. 1170-ca. 1250.
Summarium
Biblicumcumcommentario.
Stegmiiller includes references to several commentaries on Alexander's work.
References: DCaB, p. 34; Fabricius, I/II, pp. 63-64; LMA, I, col. 381;
LTK, I, col. 309; NCE, I, pp. 298-299; Stegmiiller, no. 1177-1182, 1182,2,
1182,4-1182,12, 1182,14, 8274,3-8274,4.
13.5 ANTHONY, OF PADUA, 1195-1231.
Biblia cumscholiis.
References: DCaB, pp. 62-63; DMA, I, pp. 320-321; Fabricius, I/II, pp.
121-122; LMA, I, col. 732-733; LTK, I, col. 673-675; NCE, I, pp. 595-596;
Stegmiiller, no. 1381,3.
13.6 BAR HEBRAEUS, 1226-1286.
In ActusApostolorum.
et EpistulasCatholicasadnotaEdition consulted: In ActusApostolorum
tionesSyriace(M. Klamroth, ed.; Gottingae: In aedibus Dieterichianis,
1878), pp. 1-23.
Bar Hebraeus composed a commentary on the entire Bible entitled
or Storehouse
Horreummysteriorum,
of mysteries.This work has never been
edited in its entirety (see McCullough, p. 86). Klamroth's edition of
Acts and the Catholic Epistles is from this larger work.
References: Baumstark, pp. 312-320; DMA, II, p. 108; LMA, I, col.
1461; LTK, IV, col. 1207; McCullough, pp. 83-87; Mattill, no. 108; NCE,
II, pp. 81-82; Wright, pp. 265-281.
13.7 BARTHOLOMEW,OF BRAGANCA, 1200?-1270.
Glossaein ... Act.

References: DCaB, p. 105; Fabricius, I/II, p. 169; LTK, II, col. 15;
Stegmuiller,no. 1576.
13.8 GUERRICUS, DE S. QUINTINO, d. ca. 1245.
Act.
References: LTK, IV, col. 1264-1265; Stegmuiller,no. 2699.
13.9 HUGH, OF ST. CHER, ca. 1200-1263.
Liber Actuum Apostolorum.
Edition consulted: Operaomnia in universumVetus&Novum Testamentum,
VII (Venetiis: Apud Nicolaum Pezzana, 1703), pp. 278-309.
Hugh's postills on the entire Bible were reprinted many times up
through the 18th century. They were an "indispensible supplement"
123
to the Glossprepared over a period of five years, probably by a team

under Hugh's direction.21
References: DCaB, p. 579; Fabricius, III/IV, pp. 269-270; LTK, V, col.
517-518; Mattill, no. 549; NCE, VII, pp. 193-194; Stegmiiller, no.
3725-3726.
13.10 JOHN, OF ARDEMBURGO, fl. ca. 1283.

Lectura super totam Bibliam.
References: Stegmiiller, no. 4154, 4160.
13.11 MACE, DE LA CHARITE,

Acta.
13th century.
Edition consulted: Evangiles,ActesdesApotres(J. R. Smeets, ed.; La

Bible de Mace de La Charite, VI; Leiden: Brill, 1986).
Mace de La Charite's Old French verse Bible is a translation of the
Aurora of Peter Riga.
References: Stegmuller, no. 5439,3, 6827,2.
13.12
NICETAS,
of NAUPACTOS,
13th
century?
Commentaryon Acts.
This commentary depends heavily on Theophylactus of Bulgaria.
Beck leaves open the question of the authorship of this work.
References: Beck, p. 711; Krumbacher, pp. 136-137; LTK, III, col. 1282.
13.13 NICHOLAS, OF GORRAN, 1232-ca. 1295.
In Acta Apostolorum.
Edition consulted: In Acta Apostolorumet singulas ApostolorumJacobi,
Petri, Johannis etJudae canonicasEpistulas, &Apocalypsincommentarii(Antwerpiae, 1620), pp. 1-59.
Nicholas wrote commentaries on the entire Bible. His work was an
attempt (albeit unsuccessful in Smalley's estimation) to supplant Hugh
of St. Cher's postills.22
References: DCaB, p. 852; Fabricius, III/IV, p. 71; LTK, VII, col. 986;
Mattill, no. 766; NCE, X, p. 453; Spicq, p. 327; Stegmuiller,no. 5783-5784.
13.14 NICHOLAS, OF TOURNAI, fl. ca. 1226-1239.
Act.
References: Bible de tous les temps,IV, p. 205; Stegmiiller, no. 6031.
13.15 ODO, OF CHATEAUROUX, d. 1273.
Introitus in Actus Apostolorum.
References: LTK, VII, col. 1100; NCE, X, p. 645; Stegmiiller, no. 6093.
21
22
Smalley, pp. xiii, 273.
Ibid., p. 273.
124
13.16 OLIVI, PIERRE JEAN, ca. 1248-1298.

Act.
References: DCaB, p. 874; Fabricius, V/VI, p. 248; LTK, VII, col. 11491150; NCE, XI, pp. 219-220; Stegmiiller, no. 6715.
13.17 PETER, OF POITIERS, ca. 1130-1205.
Historia Actuum Apostolorum.
PL, CXCVIII, col. 1645-1722.
This work is a continuation of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica,

composed, most likely, by Peter of Poitiers.23
References: DCaB, p. 920; Fabricius, V/VI, p. 258; LTK, VIII, col. 377;
NCE, XI, pp. 227-228; Stegmuiller,no. 6565, 6785.
13.18 PETER RIGA, ca. 1140-1209.
Aurora.
Edition consulted: Aurora Petri Rigae Biblia versificata, II (Paul E.
Beichner, ed.; Publications in Mediaeval studies, XIX; Notre Dame,
Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1965), pp. 626-668.
The Aurorais a metrical paraphrase of most of the books of the Bible,
with allegorical interpretations and moral applications. Stegmiiller
notes several translations of this work (no. 6827,2-6827,4) and commentaries on it (no. 6827,1, 9929, 10532).
References: Fabricius, V/VI, pp. 262-264; LTK, VIII, col. 378-379;
NCE, XI, p. 228; Stegmiller, no. 6824-6826.
13.19 ROBERT,DE SORBON,1201-1274.

Glossae divinorum librorum.
Edition consulted: Commentariitotius S. Scripturae,II (G. S. Menochio,
ed.; Paris: Apud Carolum Robustel, 1719), pp. 499-612. Acts:
pp. 510-511.
References: Fabricius, V/VI, p. 408; LTK, VIII, col. 1342; Stegmiiller,
no. 7486.
13.20 STEPHEN LANGTON, ca. 1155-1228.
Act.
The attribution of this work is not certain.
References: DCaB, p. 671; Fabricius, III/IV, pp. 527-528; LTK, IX, col.
1045; NCE, XIII, pp. 699-700; Stegmiiller, no. 7905-7906 (see also no.
9017, 11147).
13.21 THOMAS AQUINAS, ca. 1225-1274.
Glossae marginales in Bibliam.
A Bible in Viterbo has occasional marginal annotations which are
attributed to Thomas by Pietro Antonio Uccelli, "Il codice della Bibbia
23
Ibid., p. 214.
125
Vulgata latina in molti luoghi di proprio pugno annotata da San Tommaso d'Aquino," La scienzae lafede, ser. IV, XIII (1879), pp. 105-125,
177-193, 383-401. The comments on Acts 10:24 and 20:16 are
reproduced on p. 193.
Stegmiiller lists this work as "Ps. Thomas de Aquino" (V, p. 324).
Martin Grabmann concludes, "Da es somit sehr zweifelhaft ist, ob es
sich bei diesen Randnotizen der Bibel in Viterbo um ein Autograph
handelt, ist natiirlich auch die Autorschaftdes hi. Thomas an denselben
in Frage gestellt".24
References:DCaB, pp. 1117-1118;Fabricius,V/VI, pp. 530-537;LTK,

X, col. 119-134;NCE, XIV, pp. 102-115;Stegmiiller,no. 8023,1.
13.22 TOMMASO AGNI
DE LENTINI,
d. 1277.
Act.
This work is also attributed to John Lathbury (Stegmfiller, no. 4763),
and to Adenulf of Anagni (Stegmiiller, II, pp. 14-15).
References:Fabricius,V/VI, p. 529; LTK, X, col. 117; NCE, XIV, p.
101; Spicq, p. 329; Stegmiiller,no. 8017.
d. 1249.
WALTER, OF CHATEAU-THIERRY,
Act.
References:LTK, X, col. 947; Spicq, p. 320; Stegmuller,no. 2357.
13.23
13.24 WILLIAM MESSELECHUS, fl. ca. 1295.
Nov. Test.praeterApocalypsin.
References:Fabricius,III/IV, p. 145; Stegmiiller,no. 2985-2991.
13.25 WILLIAM, OF
TONNENS,
d. 1299.
In universam
sacramScripturam.
References:Stegmiiller,no. 3046.
13.26
WILLIAM,
OF TOURNAI,
fl. 1272-1298.
Postillaein universaBiblia.
References:LTK, X, col. 1153; Stegmiiller,no. 3047.
13.27 WILLIAM, THE BRETON, fl. 13th century.
Prol. Act.
This is a section of his Commentarium
in omnesprologosBiblicosS. Hieronymi.
References:Fabricius,I/II, p. 261; Stegmiiller,no. 2869.
24 Martin Grabmann, Die Werkedes hl. Thomasvon Aquin(Beitrage zur
Geschichteder Philosophieund Theologie des Mittelalters,XXII; Miinster:
Aschendorff,1949), p. 272.
126
FourteenthCentury
14.1 'ABDISHO BAR BERIKA, d. 1318.
Liberexpositionisin textumScripturaeVeteriset Novi Testamenti.

'Abdisho, Nestorian Metropolitan of Nisibis, is best known for his
which has proved invaluable as a guide to Syriac literature. He
Catalogue
includes a reference in his Catalogueto his own commentary, which is
now lost. This Catalogue is reproduced in Josephus Simonius
Assemanus, BibliothecaOrientalisClementinoVaticana,III.1 (Romae:
Typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1725), pp. 325-361.
References: Baumstark, pp. 323-325; LTK, III, col. 625-626;
McCullough,p. 100; Wright,pp. 285-289.
14.2
ALBERTUS, DE LODI, fl. ca.
1360-1393.
LecturasupertotamBibliam.
References:Stegmiller, II, p. 31.
14.3
AUGUSTINE,
OF ANCONA, ca.
1275-1328.
Catenain Actus.
References:DCaB, p. 84; DMA, II, p. 1; Fabricius,I/II, p. 143; LMA,
I, col. 1230; LTK, I, col. 1104; NCE, I, p. 1058; Stegmiiller,no. 15131513,1;TRE, IV, pp. 742-744.
14.4 AUREOLUS,PETRUS,ca. 1280-1322.
sensuslitteralistotiusdivinaeScripturae.
Compendium
Editions consulted: Strasbourg: Ioanne Schotto pressore Argentinensi, 1514. "Divisio libri Actuum Apostolorum": fol. u4r-x4r. Ad
Claras Aquas (Quaracchi): Ex typ. coll. S. Bonaventurae, 1896. Acts:
pp. 365-380.
References: DCaB, p. 923; Fabricius, V/VI, p. 231; LTK, VIII, col. 350;
NCE, X, pp. 210-211; Stegmiiller, no. 6422.
14.5 BACON, JOHN, d. ca. 1348.
Act.
References: DCaB, p. 90; Fabricius, I/II, p. 152; LTK, V, col. 1110; NCE,
VII, pp. 1029-1030; Stegmiiller, no. 4206.

14.6
BERSUIRRE, PIERRE,
1290-1362.
Reductorium
moralesupertotamBibliam.
Edition consulted: Lugduni: Jacobi Mareschal, 1520. Acts: Liber 33,
fol. cxci-cxcvii.
References: Fabricius, V/VI, p. 233; LMA, I, col. 2020-2021; Stegmiller,
no. 6426.
127
14.7 BERTRANDPARAYTE, fl. ca. 1370.
Act.
References:Fabricius,I/II, p. 227; Stegmuller,no. 1762.
14.8 FRANCIS, OF MEYRONNES, d. after
1328.
Annotationes
postillarumin totamS. Scripturam.
References:DCaB, p. 780; Fabricius,I/II, pp. 600-601;LTK, IV, col.
240; NCE, VI, pp. 32-33; Stegmiiller,no. 2309.
14.9 GILES, OF ROME, ca. 1243-1316.
ExpositiosupertotumcanonemBibliae.
Stegmiiller lists this work as one of his "Opera dubia".
References:DCaB, p. 269; DMA, IV, p. 400; Fabricius,I/II, pp. 19-20;
II,
LMA, I, col. 178;LTK, I, col. 193;NCE, VI, pp. 484-485;Stegmiuller,
p. 20.
14.10 JOHN KLENKOK, d. 1374.
In ActusApostolorum.
References:Fabricius,III/IV, pp. 502-503; LTK, V, col. 1050-1051;
NCE, VII, p. 1057;Stegmiiller,no. 4752,2.
14.11 JOHN LATHBURY, d. 1362.
Act.
Also attributed to Tommaso Agni de Lentini (Stegmuiller,no. 8017)
and to Adenulf of Anagni (Stegmiiller, II, pp. 14-15).
References:Fabricius,III/IV, p. 374;NCE, VII, p. 1058;Stegmiller,no.
4763.
14.12 JOHN MARCHESIMUS,
fl. ca. 1300.
Mammotrectus.
Edition consulted: Mamotrectus
[sic] superBibliam(Venice: Gabriel de
Grassis, 1486). Acts: fol. q6-rl.
References:Fabricius,V/VI, p. 22; LTK, V, col. 1075;Stegmuller,no.
4776, 4779.
14.13 JOHN VASCO, fl. ca. 1390.
Biblia metrificata.
The attribution of this work may be in doubt (Stegmiiller, IX, p.
241).
References:Stegmiuller,
no. 5037.
128
14.14 LUDOVICUS, DE MARSILIIS, d. 1394.
Vetuset Novum Testamentum

metrice.
References: Fabricius, III/IV, pp. 570-571; Stegmiiller, no. 5439.
14.15 NICHOLAS,OF LYRA, ca. 1270-ca. 1349.

Postillalitteralisin Vetuset NovumTestamentum
(composed ca. 1322-1331).
Edition consulted: Postilla super totam Bibliam (Strassburg, 1492.
Reprinted, Frankfurt am Main: Minerva, 1971). Acts: IV, fol. rr1xx2. The commentary on Acts was also published separately without
the text of Acts in Postilla super Actus Apostolorum(Mantua: Paulus de
Butzbach, 1480).
Postilla moralis in Vetuset Novum Testamentum(composed 1339).
Edition consulted: Moralia super totam Bibliam (Strassburg: George
Husner, ca. 1479).
Nicholas' was the first Bible commentary to be printed (Rome, 14711472), and became the most popular manual of exegesis. Martin Luther
and others relied on Nicholas for their rabbinic knowledge (NCE, X,
p. 453).
References: DCaB, p. 852; Fabricius, V/VI, pp. 114-117; LTK, VII, col.
992-993; Mattill, no. 765; NCE, X, pp. 453-454; Stegmiiller, no. 5901,
5973.
14.16 PAUL, OF PERUSIO, d. after 1344.
Commentariain totam Sacram Scripturam.
References: Fabricius, V/VI, p. 207; LTK, VIII, col. 233-234;
Stegmiller, no. 6346.
PETER, OF BRUNIQUEL, d. 1328.
Lecturaescholasticaein totam Bibliam.
References: Fabricius, V/VI, p. 236; LTK, VIII, col. 352; Stegmuiller,
no. 6347.
14.17
14.18 PETER, OF PALUDE, ca. 1280-1342.

Act.
Peter is reported to have written commentaries on all books of the
Bible.
References: DCaB, p. 892; Fabricius, V/VI, p. 183; LTK, VIII, col. 374375; Stegmiller, no. 6770.
14.19 PONTIUS CARBONELL, d. ca. 1336.
Act.
Pontius' Commentariain universamBibliam uses a methodology similar
COMMENTARIES
ON ACTS BEFORECA. 1520
129
to that employed by Thomas Aquinas, and is sometimes attributed to

him (LTK, VIII, col. 608).
References: DCaB, p. 952; Fabricius, I/II, pp. 308-309; LMA, II, col.
1496-1497; LTK, VIII, col. 608; Stegmiiller, no. 6985,51.
14.20 THOMAS THEOBALDUS, fl. ca. 1379.
Postillae in universamSacram Scripturam.
References: Stegmiiller, no. 8192.
14.21 VITALIS, DE FURNO, ca. 1260-1327.
Speculum morale totius Sacrae Scripturae.
References: Fabricius, III/IV, p. 447; LTK, X, col. 819-820; Stegmiiller,
no. 8309.
14.22
WYCLIF,
JOHN,
ca.
1330-1384.
Postilla super Actus Apostolorum.

For further information on the manuscripts of this work see Williel

R. Thomson, TheLatin writingsofJohn Wyclyf,an annotated
catalog(Subsidia mediaevalia, XIV; Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval
Studies, 1983), pp. 192-194, 212, and Gustav Adolf Benrath, Wyclifs
Bibelkommentar
(Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, XXXVI; Berlin: De
Gruyter, 1966), pp. 285-300.
References: LTK, X, col. 1278-1281; NCE, XIV, pp. 1050-1052;
Stegmiiller,no. 5095-5096.
Fifteenth Century
15.1 ANTHONY, DE MEDICI,
d. 1485.
Adnotationes
ad universaBiblia.
References:Stegmiiller,no. 1381.
15.2 BERNARD, OF BRESCIA, fl. ca. 1496.
Annotationes
in omnesBibliorumlibros.
References:LTK, II, col. 236; Stegmiiller,no. 1712.
15.3
CAPGRAVE, JOHN,
1393-1464.
Act.
Capgrave wrote commentaries on almost all books of the Bible; only
Gen., Ex. and Acts are known to survive in manuscript.
References:DCaB, p. 208; DMA, III, p. 90; Fabricius,I/II, p. 306;
LMA, II, col. 1471; LTK, V, col. 1015-1016;NCE, III, pp. 78-79;
Stegmiiller, no. 4301, 4304.
130
15.4 DENIS, THE CARTHUSIAN, ca. 1402-1471.

Enarratio in Actus Apostolorum.
Edition consulted: Operaomnia, XIV. 1 (Monstrolii: Typis Cartusiae
S.M. de Pratis, 1901), pp. 81-220.
References: DCaB, p. 1151; Fabricius, I/II, p. 448; LTK, III, col. 406407; Mattill, no. 257-258, 343-344; NCE, IV, pp. 764-765; Stegmiiller, no.
2126; TRE, IX, pp. 4-6.
15.5 ERICUS OLAI, ca. 1422-1486.
Act.
References: Fabricius, I/II, p. 518; LTK, III, col. 992-993; Stegmiiller,
no. 2249,3.
15.6
HAGEN, JOHANN VON, 1415-1475.
Actuum quadruplexexpositio.
Actuum expositio spiritualis.
References: Fabricius, III/IV, p. 372; LTK, V, col. 1043; Stegmuller, no.
4699-4700.
15.7 JACOBUS MAGNI TOLETANUS, d. 1422.
Adnotationesin universaBiblia.
References: Fabricius, III/IV, p. 304; Stegmiller, no. 3975.
15.8 JOHN MICHAELIS, fl. ca. 1490.
Mt., Lc., Act. divisiones.

15.9 JOHN,
OF SAHAGUN, d. 1479.
Notae marginalessuper Bibliam.

John's marginal notations on Genesis through 1 Kings 26 are printed
in Tomas de Herrera's Historia del Conventode Salamanca (Madrid: Por
Gregorio Rodriguez, 1652), pp. 74-78. This material is reproduced in
Tomas Jenaro Camara y Castro's Vida de SanJuan de Sahagun (2nd ed.;
Escorial: Real Monasterio de Escorial, 1925), pp. 366-377. Neither of
these works mentions the existence of notations on Acts.
References: DCaB, p. 495; LTK, V, col. 1078; NCE, XII, p. 850;
Stegmiiller, no. 4921,1.
15.10 NETTER, THOMAS, d. 1430.
Commentariain Acta Apostolorum.
References: DCaB, p. 846; Fabricius, V/VI, p. 95; LTK, X, col. 150;

NCE, X, p. 363; Stegmiller, no. 8164.
15.11 ONOFRIUS STECCHETTIDE'VISDOMINI,
131
d. 1403.
Act.
References:Fabricius,V/VI, pp. 157-158;Stegmuller,no. 6168.
15.12 PAUL, OF BURGOS, ca. 1351-1435.
Additiones1-1100 ad PostillamNicolai de Lyra.

Edition consulted: Additionesad PostillamMagistriNicolaide Lyrasuper
Biblia (Impressa Venetiis: Franciscus Renner, 1483).
The Additioneswere frequently published with Nicholas' Postillae.
References:Fabricius,V/VI, pp. 198-199;LTK, VIII, col. 230; NCE,
XI, p. 23; Stegmiiller,no. 6329.
15.13
PETRUS,, von. ROSENHEIM,
ca.
1380-1433.
RosariumBibliae.
divinorum
Edition consulted: Roseummemoriale
eloquiorum
(Cologne, ca.
1483). Chapter 64 presents a two page summary of Acts.
References:Fabricius,V/VI, pp. 264-265; LTK, VIII, col. 379-380;
Stegmiiller,no. 6836 (see also no. 1992).
15.14
SCHLITPACHER, JOHANN,
1403-1482.
in NT.
Glossainterlinearis
Biblia metrica.
References:LTK, IX, col. 419-420;Stegmiiller,no. 4747-4749.
15.15 STEPHAN, VON STOCKHARN, d. after
1427.
Act.
References:LTK, IX, col. 1047;Stegmiiller,no. 7943.
15.16 VALLA, LORENZO,1406-1457.
In LatinamNovi Testamenti
interpretationem
(Parhisiis: Iehan Petit, 1505).
Acts: fol. 23-26.
CollatioNovi Testamenti
(Alessandro Perosa, ed.; Studi e testi / Istituto
nazionale di studi sul rinascimento, I; Firenze: Sansoni, 1970). Acts:
pp. 146-180.
This work is included as one of the authorities in Annotataad Actus
Apostolicos,
Epistolas&Apocalypsin
(Critici sacri, VII; Londini: Excudebat
Jacobus Flesher, 1660). Acts: fol. 2113-2464.
References:Fabricius,V/VI, pp. 572-574;LTK, X, col. 606-607;Mattill,
no. 1060; NCE, XIV, pp. 522-523;Stegmiiller,no. 5387.
SixteenthCentury
16.1 ALBERTUS, DE BONONIA, fl. 1502.
Bibliam.
Postillasuperuniversam
References:Stegmiiller,II, p. 31.
132
16.2 JACOBUS MAGDALIUS, d. ca. 1520.

Compendiummetricumtotius Bibliae.
References: LTK, V, col. 842; Stegmuller, no. 3973.
16.3 MATTHIAS, DE PAZ, d. 1517.
Relectionesin totam Sacram Scripturam.
References: LTK, VII, col. 182; Stegmiiller, no. 5555.
16.4 PAULUS, DE MONEGLIA GENUENSIS, d. 1502.
Postillae super totam Bibliam.
References: Stegmuller, no. 6345.
16.5 ROLEVINCK, WERNER, 1425-1502.
Act.
References: Fabricius, V/VI, pp. 607-608; LTK, VIII, col. 1368; NCE,
XII, p. 559; Stegmiiller, no. 8354.
16.6 UDALRICUS KRIZ DE TELC, d. 1504.
Novum TestamentumBohemiceglossatum.
Expositio interlinearismateriaecapitulorumNovi TestamentiAlexandri de Villa
Dei.
Expositio interlinearisBibliae pauperumAlexandri de Villa Dei.
References: Stegmiiller, no. 8274,2-8274,4.
Before 1520
Bl
ANDEMTA COMMENTARY TRADITION.
Amharic and Ge'ez published in: Masahefta haddisat sostu (Addis

Ababa, 1951 Ethiopic calendar), pp. 11-194. The introduction to Acts
is translated in R. W. Cowley, "New Testament introduction in the
Andemta commentary tradition," OstkirchlicheStudien, XXVI (1977),
pp. 144-192.
For further information on this tradition, see the discussion in Roger
W. Cowley, The traditional interpretationof the Apocalypseof St. John in the
Ethiopian OrthodoxChurch(London: Cambridge University Press, 1983),
especially p. 11.
B2 JACOBUS, DE SPINELLO.
Adnotationesin universaBiblia.

References: Stegmiller, no. 3988.
133
B3 PETRUS WILHYMLEYD.
Tabula septem custodiarum.

Stegmiiller notes that some manuscripts are from the fourteenth
century.
B4 SIMON CIVITATASENSIS.
Hortus deliciarum.
References: Stegmiller, no. 7646.
B5
MISCELLANEOUS
McCullough,
ANONYMOUS
MANUSCRIPTS.
pp. 91-93.
Stegmiiller, no. 631-642, 8430, 8435, 8706, 8730, 8906, 9075, 9141,
9406, 9558, 9606, 9722, 9751, 9776, 9803, 9876, 10018, 10063, 10240,
10344,
11065,
10409, 10411, 10494, 10727, 10765, 10861, 10959, 11005,

11249, 11318, 11344, 11509, 11546, 11610, 11673, 11735,
11738, 11744, 11831.

An anonymous Coptic commentary on the Pauline Epistles, the
Catholic Epistles and Acts is included in the manuscript Vat. ar. 43
(Acts: fol. 307v-344v).25
ADDENDUM
Add. 1. BERNARD,OF ROUSERGUES,d. 1475.
In ActaApostolorum.
sacra(Parisiis: Apud F. Montalant, 1723),
Cited in: Jacques Le Long, Bibliotheca
p. 933.
References: LTK, II, col. 248.
Add. 2. BISHR IBN AL-SIRRI,fl. 867.
Acts.
Arabic text and English translation: CSCO, CDLXII-CDLXIII. Scriptores
Arabici, XLII-XLIII.
Mt. Sinai Arabic codex 151 contains the Arabic text of the Pauline Epistles,
Acts and the Catholic Epistles with marginal comments. This manuscript has been
edited and translated into English by Harvey Staal. The Arabic manuscript was
translated from the Syriac with original notations by Bishr ibn al-Sirri, who dated
his work 867 (CSCO, CDLIII. Scriptores Arabici, XLI, p. v). Later scribes provided some additional notes. Georg Graf indicates that Bishr was a Nestorian
arabischen
derchristlichen
Literatur,II [Studi e testi, CXXXIII; Citta del
(Geschichte
Vaticano: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1947], pp. 158-159).
25
Georg Graf, Geschichteder christlichenarabischenLiteratur,II (Studi e testi,
CXXXIII; Citta del Vaticano: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1947), pp. 384-386.
134
Add. 3. CLEMENT,OF ALEXANDRIA,ca. 150-ca. 215.

Hypotyposeis.
Fragments of this work are reproduced in Die griechischenchristlichenSchriftsteller
der ersten drei Jahrhunderte, XVII (Leipzig: Hinrich, 1909), pp. 195-215. No
fragments on Acts survive.
This work reportedly included brief allegorical notes on selected passages of the
entire Bible.
References: Altaner, pp. 190-197; CPG, no. 1380; DCaB, p. 261; DChB, I, pp.
559-567; LTK, VI, col. 331-332; NCE, III, pp. 943-944; Quasten, II, pp. 5-36.
Add. 4. ERASMUS,DESIDERIUS,d. 1536.
Annotationes in Novum Testamentum.
Originally published in the edition of his Latin translation and the Greek text
of the New Testament, Novum instrumentumomne (Basileae: In aedibus Ioannis
Frobenii, 1516), pp. 225-675. "Annotations in Acta Apostolorum," pp. 374-410.
This work was reprinted many times, both with the New Testament text and
separately. It is also included among the authorities on Acts in Critici sacri, VII
(see above, 15.16).
Paraphrasis in Acta Apostolorum(Basileae: Apud Io. Frob., 1524).
Acts was the last of Erasmus' paraphrases to be published and was included in
the paraphrase of the New Testament published in 1524. This work was also published as Paraphrases in N. Testamentum (Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami Opera
omnia, VII; Lugduni Batavorum: Petri vander Aa, 1706. Reprinted, Hildesheim:
Olms, 1962), col. 659-770. An English translation of the paraphrase of Acts is
included in Thefirst tomeor volumeof the Paraphraseof Erasmus upon the Newe Testament
(London: Edwarde Whitchurche, 1548, Reprinted, Delmar, N.Y.: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1975).
References: DCaB, p. 380; LTK, III, col. 955-957; NCE, V, pp. 508-511;
TRE, X, pp. 1-18.
Add. 5. GREBAN,ARNOUL,fl. 1450.
Triumphant mysteredes Acts des apotres.
Edition consulted: Paris: On les vend par Arnoul et Charles les Angeliers, 1541.
This work is a mystery play based on Acts prepared by the brothers Arnoul and
Simon Greban.
References: DMA, V, p. 659.
COMMENTARY.
Add. 6. HIBERNO-LATIN
This anonymous compilation on the entire Bible from the Carolingian period
is described by Bernhard Bischoff, "Wendepunkte in der Geschichte der
lateinischen Exegese im Friihmittelalter," Sacris erudiri, VI (1954), pp. 223-230.
Reprinted in his MittelalterlicheStudien, I (Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1966), pp.
231-236. English translation: "Turning-points in the history of Latin exegesis in
the early Middle Ages," Biblical studies (Martin McNamara, ed.; Proceedings of
the Irish Biblical Association, I; Dublin: Dominican Publications, 1976), pp.
97-102.
The manuscripts of the compilation date from the eighth to ninth centuries.
Add. 7. JOHN CLIVOTH,fl. 1395.
In Acta Apostolorum.
References: Stegmuiller, no. 4410.
Add. 8. JOSEPHUSVIVOLUS.
Act.
References: Stegmuiller, no. 5147.
135
INDEX
Aba tradition 6.1
'Abdisho bar Berika 14.1
13.1
Adam, of Courlandon
Andemta commentary tradition B1
of Anagni
13.22,
13.2,
Adenulf,
14.11
12.1
Albert, of Siegburg
16.1
Albertus, de Bononia
Albertus, de Lodi 14.2
13.3
Albertus Magnus
Alexander, of Villa Dei 13.4, 16.6
7.3
Alulfus, of St. Martin de Tournai
Ambrose 8.1
5.1, 7.1
Ammonius, of Alexandria
in
of Caesarea
Andrew,
Cappadocia 7.1
9.1
Anonymous Syriac commentary
Anselm, of Laon 9.4, 12.2, 13.9
15.1
Anthony, de Medici
Anthony, of Padua 13.5
Apollinaris, of Laodicea 4.1, 7.1
Arabic compilation
12.3
Arator, Subdeacon in Rome 6.2, 8.1
Aratus 9.4
Arsenius, the Great 5.2, 7.1
4.2, 7.1,
Athanasius, of Alexandria
12.3
8.1
Augustine
14.3
Augustine, of Ancona
Aureolus, Petrus 14.4
Babai, the Great 7.2
Babai, the Persian 9.4
14.5
Bacon, John
Bar Hebraeus
13.6
13.7
Bartholomew, of Braganca
Basil, the Great 4.3, 7.1, 12.3
8.1, 12.3
Bede, the Venerable
Bernard, of Brescia 15.2
Bernard, of Rousergues Add. 1
Bersuirre, Pierre 14.6
Bertrand Parayte 14.7
Bishr ibn al-Sirri Add. 2
7.3
Bruno, monachus
15.3
Capgrave, John
Cassiodorus, Senator 6.3
Clement, of Alexandria
7.1, Add. 3
12.4
Clement, of Llanthony
5.3, 7.1
Cyril, of Alexandria
12.4
David, the Philosopher
15.4
Denis, the Carthusian
the Blind, of AlexanDidymus,

dria 4.4, 7.1
Diodore, of Tarsus 4.5
Dionysius, bar Salabi 12.5
3.1, 7.1,
Dionysius, of Alexandria
9.4, 12.4
Ephraem, the Syrian 4.6, 9.4, 12.4
9.4
Epimenides
5.4, 7.1
Epiphanius, of Constantia
Erasmus, Desiderius Add. 4
Ericus Olai 15.5
Eucharius, of Lyon 5.5
Eusebius, of Caesarea 4.7, 7.1
Eusebius, of Emesa 4.8, 7.1
4.9
Euthalius, of Alexandria
Evagrius 7.1
14.8
Francis, of Meyronnes
11.1, 12.11
Fulbert, of Chartres
Gannat Bussame 6.1, 7.2, 7.5, 10.1
George, of Skevrha 12.6
14.9
Giles, of Rome
Greban, Arnoul Add. 5
Greban, Simon Add. 5
Gregory I, Pope 7.3, 8.1
Gregory, of Elvira 4.10
4.11, 7.1,
Gregory, of Nazianzus
8.1, 12.4
Gregory, of Nyssa 7.1, 12.4
13.8
Guerricus, de S. Quintino
Hagen, Johann von 15.6
9.2
Haimo, of Halberstadt
9.4
Hegesippus
5.6, 7.1
Hesychius, of Jerusalem
Hiberno-Latin commentary Add. 6
Hugh, of St. Cher 13.9, 13.13
Irenaeus 7.1
Isho bar Nun 9.3
Isho'dad, of Merv 9.4
Isidore, of Pelusium
5.7, 7.1
Isidore, of Seville 7.4, 8.1
Jacob, of Edessa 9.4
Jacobus, de Spinello B2
16.2
Jacobus Magdalius
15.7
Jacobus Magni Toletanus
8.1
Jerome
Job, of Qatar 7.5
11.2
Johannes Nivicellensis
5.8, 7.1, 12.3, 12.4
John Chrysostom
John Clivoth Add. 7
14.10
John Klenkok
136
13.2, 13.22, 14.11

John Lathbury
14.12
John Marchesimus
15.8
John Michaelis
13.10
John, of Ardemburgo
15.9
John, of Sahagun
14.13
John Vasco
8.1, 9.4
Josephus
Jozephus Vivolus Add. 8
12.3, 12.4
Kyriakos
12.7
Lambertus Atrebatensis
Leo Magister
10.2
14.14
Ludovicus, de Marsiliis
14.15
Luther, Martin
13.11
Mace, de La Charite
Matthias, de Paz 16.3
7.1, 7.6
Maximus, the Confessor
manuMiscellaneous
anonymous
scripts B5
Nerses, of Sis 12.4
9.4
Nestorius
15.10
Netter, Thomas
13.12
Nicetas, of Naupactos
Nicholas, of Ancyra 7.1
Nicholas, of Gorran 13.13
Nicholas, of Lyra 14.15, 15.12
13.14
Nicholas, of Tournai
13.15
Odo, of Chateauroux
Oecumenius
6.4, 8.3, 12.3
13.16
Olivi, Pierre Jean
de'VisiStecchetti
Onofrius
15.11
domini
Origen 3.2, 4.10, 7.1
12.8
Osbern, of Gloucester
Pamphilus, of Caesarea 4.9
Paterius, of Brescia 7.3
Paul, of Burgos 15.12
14.16
Paul, of Perusio
16.4
Paulus, de Moneglia Genuensis
Peter Cantor
12.9
13.17
Peter Comestor
11.3
Peter Damian
12.10
Peter Lombard
14.17
Peter, of Bruniquel
Peter, of Palude 14.18
13.17
Peter, of Poitiers
Peter Riga 13.11, 13.18

15.13
Petrus, von Rosenheim
B3
Petrus Wilhymleyd
14.19
Pontius Carbonell
Rabanus Maurus 9.5, 12.3
Remigius, of Auxerre 9.2, 10.4
Remigius, of Lyon 9.2
11.1, 12.11
Richard, of St. Victor
Robert, de Sorbon 13.19
16.5
Rolevinck, Werner
15.14
Schlitpacher, Johann
Sedulius 6.1
Severian, of Gabala 5.9, 7.1
Severus, monk, of Antioch 9.6
Severus, of Antioch 6.5, 7.1
Shem'on, of Hisn Mansur 9.6
B4
Simon Civitatasensis
15.15
Stephan, von Stockharn
13.20
Stephen Langton
Suidas 4.5
Tatian 9.4
Theodore, bar Konai 8.2
Theodore, monk and presbyter 7.1
4.12, 7.1
Theodore, of Heraclea
5.10, 9.4
Theodore, of Mopsuestia
12.12
Theodore Prodromus
7.1
Theodoretus
Theodorus Lector 4.5
Theodotus, of Ancyra 5.11, 7.1
of Bulgaria 12.13,
Theophylactus,
13.12
7.1
Theophilus, of Alexandria
Thomas Aquinas
13.21, 14.19
Thomas Theobaldus
14.20
Tommaso
13.2,
Agni de Lentini
13.22, 14.11
Udalricus Kriz de Telc 16.6
15.16
Valla, Lorenzo
Vitalis, de Furno 14.21
Walafrid Strabo 12.3
13.23
Walter, of Chateau-Thierry
William Messelechus
13.24
13.25
William, of Tonnens
13.26
William, of Tournai
William, the Breton 13.27
14.22
Wyclif, John

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The Study of Acts before the Reformation: A Bibliographic Introduction

Author(s): Paul F. Stuehrenberg

THE STUDY OF ACTS BEFORE

The first fifteen centuries of the Christian Era generally receive

COMMENTARIES ON ACTS BEFORE CA. 1520

the pre-Reformation period in one paragraph, and

Tiibingen: Mohr, 1975. (Beitrage zur Geschichte der biblischen

COMMENTARIES ON ACTS BEFORE CA. 1520

nineteen Gasque found there), and supplies usable

COMMENTARIES ON ACTS BEFORE CA. 1520

The arrangement of the bibliography is chronological by century

4.3 BASIL, THEGREAT,ca. 329-379.

THE BLIND, OF ALEXANDRIA,

Expositiones in Actus Apostolorum.

References: Altaner, pp. 318-319; DCaB, p. 331; DChB, I, pp. 836-840;

4.7 EUSEBIUS,OF CAESAREA,ca. 260-ca. 339.

4.9 EUTHALIUS, THE DEACON, OF ALEXANDRIA, 4th century.

4.10 GREGORY, OF ELVIRA, ca. 320-ca. 392.

ARSENIUS, THE GREAT, d. 450.

Fragmentumin Acta Apostolorum.

COMMENTARIES ON ACTS BEFORE CA. 1520

BISHOP OF CONSTANTIA, d. 403.

PL, L, col. 773-822. CSEL, XXXI, pp. 63-161.

ISIDORE, OF PELUSIUM, d. ca.

Nicene Fathers of the church, XI; New York: Christian LiteratureCo.,

5.9 SEVERIAN,OF GABALA,d. after 408.

E. R. Smothers, "Toward a critical text of the homilies on Acts of St. John

Chrysostom," Studia Patristica, I (1957), pp. 53-57.

COMMENTARIES ON ACTS BEFORE CA. 1520

References: Altaner, pp. 319-322; Baumstark, pp. 102-104; CPG, no.

on the New Testament.

James J. O'Donnell notes, only one manuscript of the work survives,

6.5 SEVERUS,OF ANTIOCH,ca. 465-538.

(Berkeley: University of California Press,

The second group of manuscripts, Devreesse states, "n'est pas

BABAI, THE GREAT,

7.3 GREGORY I, POPE, ca. 540-604.

COMMENTARIES ON ACTS BEFORE CA. 1520

Expositio de nominibus locorum, vel civitatum, quae leguntur in libro Actuum

French translation: CSCO, CDXXXI-CDXXXII.

ANONYMOUS SYRIAC COMMENTARY.

taries attributed to him. Stegmiiller states: "Commentaria

COMMENTARIES ON ACTS BEFORE CA. 1520

The GannatBussameis an anonymous Syriac commentary on the

In illud Act. 12:1, Misit rexmanus....

GlossariumVeteriset Novi Testamenti.

series include Englishbooks,1475-1640, Frenchbooksbefore1601, Frenchbooks,16011700, Italianbooksbefore1601, Italianbooks,1601-1700, Booksprintedin theNetherlands

For a descriptionof theseand othermicrographicserieswithnotes on scopeand

This compilation is preserved in Cod. arab. 576 of the Coptic

Dionysius wrote commentaries on all books of the Bible. His declared

GEORGE, OF SKEVRHA, 12th

fl. ca. 1150.

12.9 PETERCANTOR,ca. 1130-1197.

Acts of the Apostles, III, p. 373.

COMMENTARIES ON ACTS BEFORE CA. 1520

12.11 RICHARD, OF ST. VICTOR, d. 1173.

in Vetuset Novum Testamentum.

ARCHBISHOP OF BULGARIA, ca. 1050-ca.

Glossaein ... Act.

COMMENTARIES ON ACTS BEFORE CA. 1520

to the Glossprepared over a period of five years, probably by a team

13.10 JOHN, OF ARDEMBURGO, fl. ca. 1283.