Dos opúsculos alcuinianos sobre la Trinidad (ALCPs 16: «Fides Albini magistri» y «Ammonitio eiusdem magistri»): nuevas evidencias

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper throws new light on two short Alcuinian texts («ALCPs» 16), which have been recently edited by Warren Pezé: a doctrinal treatise on the Trinity («Fides») and a letter («Ammonitio») preserved in two versions. The first version is a collective letter which was probably sent by Alcuin of York to a group of Bavarian bishops; the second version – used by Pezé as the basis for his edition – was directed to an individual anonymous receiver, who is likely to be identified with Arn of Salzburg. Two previously unknown manuscripts of the «Fides» are identified and a tripartite «stemma codicum» is established. According to the available evidence, the collective version of the letter («Ammonitio») seems to be something prior to the second one: Alcuin probably wrote the collective version as the basis for the text; afterwards he adapted it and produced a special version for Arn of Salzburg. New sources and parallels from patristic and Carolingian works are identified. As shown by a significant passage, the «Fides» was used by the author of the «Commentary on the Athanasian Creed» attributed to Bruno of Würzburg. The evidence from stemmatics, sources and indirect tradition improves the text of the «Fides» and throws new light on the authenticity of these rare works, which Alcuin of York probably wrote at the end of his life. The collective version of the «Ammonitio» is critically edited in an appendix and provided with textual observations.