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Bishop Fortunatianus of Aquileia’s Commentary on the Gospels found
An anonymous commentary on the Gospels in MS Köln, Erzbischöfliche Diözesan- und Dombibl. 17 (s. IX1/3) has now been identified by Lukas J. Dorfbauer as the work of bishop Fortunatianus of Aquileia. It was thought that this commentary, of which only three fragments were known, had already been lost in its entirety by Carolingian times. Thus, Fortunatianus’ work becomes the apparently oldest commentary on the Gospels written in the Latin West which is still extant; it amplifies our knowledge of ancient Christianity and its literature in many respects.
A critical edition of the text – in fact, the “editio princeps”– is currently in preparation for the CSEL.
A full digital reproduction of the manuscript in question can be found online via the homepage of Codices Electronici Ecclesiae Coloniensis: http://www.ceec.uni-koeln.de/
(December 2012)