{"id":5140,"date":"2026-07-28T11:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csel.at\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:34:47","slug":"a-newly-discovered-carolingian-text-candidus-liber-testimoniorum-veteris-testamenti-written-for-charlemagne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/news\/a-newly-discovered-carolingian-text-candidus-liber-testimoniorum-veteris-testamenti-written-for-charlemagne\/","title":{"rendered":"A newly discovered Carolingian text: Candidus\u2019 Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti, written for Charlemagne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 16th-century manuscript preserved at the Austrian National Library contains a copy of a substantial, previously unknown Latin text: the Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti (\u2018Book of Testimonies from the Old Testament\u2019), written by a \u2018Candidus\u2019 for a ruler named \u2018Carolus\u2019. This treatise seeks to demonstrate, through discussion and interpretation of selected passages from the books of the Heptateuch, that Jesus Christ and even the Christian Trinity are present and clearly promised in the Old Testament. In a long dedicatory letter, \u2018Candidus\u2019 states that he had composed this work at the request of \u2018Carolus\u2019, who wished to convert \u2018the unbelieving people of the Agarenes\u2019, i.e. Muslims. \u2018Carolus\u2019 is apparently none other than Charlemagne, and \u2018Candidus\u2019 is the scholar of that name from his circle, previously known as the author of some sermons and theological works. Lukas J. Dorfbauer has identified this text; he is currently preparing its first edition, to be published in the \u2018CSEL Extra seriem\u2019 series accompanied by an introduction, a translation and notes. For some initial information, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medievalists.net\/2026\/07\/lost-carolingian-text-written-for-charlemagne-discovered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 16th-century manuscript preserved at the Austrian National Library contains a copy of a substantial, previously unknown Latin text: the Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti (\u2018Book of Testimonies from the Old Testament\u2019), written by a \u2018Candidus\u2019 for a ruler named \u2018Carolus\u2019. This treatise seeks to demonstrate, through discussion and interpretation of selected passages from the books &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/news\/a-newly-discovered-carolingian-text-candidus-liber-testimoniorum-veteris-testamenti-written-for-charlemagne\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A newly discovered Carolingian text: Candidus\u2019 Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti, written for Charlemagne&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,24,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homepage","category-news","category-news-homepage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5141,"href":"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions\/5141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csel.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}