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Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library Series

55 primary works • 55 total works
The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library is not a physical library building, but books containing medieval Latin, Byzantine Greek, and Old English texts and translations.

The series has three aims: to make texts readily accessible in both content and price to a broad readership of English speakers, while also meeting the standards of experts; to equip no…

Book 1

The Vulgate Bible, Vol. I: The Pentateuch: Douay-Rheims Translation
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3.97 · 62 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2010 · 4 editions
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    Book 2

    The Arundel Lyrics / The Poems of Hugh Primas
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    4.25     · 4 Ratings · published 2010 · 2 editions
    This volume presents two complementary medieval an…

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    Book 3

    The Beowulf Manuscript: Complete Texts and The Fight at Finnsburg
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    4.14     · 140 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 2010 · 3 editions
    Beowulf is one of the finest works of vernacular l…

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    Book 4

    The Vulgate Bible, Vol. IIa: The Historical Books: Douay-Rheims Translation
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    3.67     · 6 Ratings · published 2011 · 2 editions
    This is the second volume, in two parts, of a six-…

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    Book 5

    The Vulgate Bible, Vol. IIb: The Historical Books: Douay-Rheims Translation
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    This is the second volume, in two parts, of a six-…

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    Book 6

    The Rule of Saint Benedict
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    3.99     · 8255 Ratings · 584 Reviews · published 530 · 383 editions
    Composed nearly fifteen hundred years ago by the f…

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    Book 7

    Old Testament Narratives
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    4.43     · 21 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2011 · 2 editions
    The Old English poems in this volume are among the…

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    Book 8

    The Vulgate Bible, Vol. III: The Poetical Books: Douay-Rheims Translation
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    This is the third volume of a six-volume set of th…

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    Book 9

    Satires / Eupolemius
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    3.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2011 · 2 editions
    Composed in Germany by a monastic poet steeped in …

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    Book 10

    Histories, Vol. I: Books 1-2
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    4.14     · 7 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2011 · 3 editions
    The Historia of Richer of Saint-REmi (ca. 950-ca. …

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    Book 11

    Histories, Vol. II: Books 3-4
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    4.17     · 6 Ratings · published 2011 · 3 editions
    The Historia of Richer of Saint-Rémi (ca. 950-ca. …

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    Book 12

    Miracle Tales from Byzantium
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    4.67     · 9 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2012 · 4 editions
    Miracles occupied a unique place in medieval and B…

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    Book 13

    The Vulgate Bible, Vol. IV: The Major Prophetical Books: Douay-Rheims Translation
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    This is the fourth volume of a six-volume Vulgate …

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    Book 14

    Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius / An Alexandrian World Chronicle
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    4.31     · 29 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2012 · 3 editions
    This volume contains two texts that crossed the Me…

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    Book 15

    Old English Shorter Poems, Volume I: Religious and Didactic
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    3.50     · 8 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
    Alongside famous long works such as Beowulf, Old E…

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    Book 16

    The History
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    In 1039 Byzantium was the most powerful empire in …

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    Book 17

    The Vulgate Bible, Vol. V: The Minor Prophetical Books and Maccabees: Douay-Rheims Translation
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    3.00     · 2 Ratings · published 2012 · 2 editions
    This is the fifth volume of a six-volume Vulgate B…

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    Book 18

    One Hundred Latin Hymns: Ambrose to Aquinas
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    4.50     · 6 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
    “How I wept at your hymns and songs, keenly moved …

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    Book 19

    The Old English Boethius: with Verse Prologues and Epilogues Associated with King Alfred
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    3.96     · 23 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 900 · 2 editions
    The Old English Boethius boldly refashions in Angl…

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    Book 20

    The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian
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    4.29     · 14 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2013 · 6 editions
    Today the Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic l…

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    Book 21

    The Vulgate Bible, Vol. VI: The New Testament: Douay-Rheims Translation
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    4.56     · 9 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2013 · 5 editions
    This volume completes the six-volume Vulgate Bible…

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    Book 22

    Literary Works
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    4.00     · 6 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2013 · 3 editions
    A product of the cathedral schools that played a f…

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    Book 23

    The Old English Poems of Cynewulf
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    3.77     · 35 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1988 · 12 editions
    The Old English poems attributed to Cynewulf, who …

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    Book 24

    Accounts of Medieval Constantinople: The Patria
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    4.20     · 25 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2013 · 5 editions
    The Patria is a fascinating four-book collection o…

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    Book 25

    The Well-Laden Ship
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    4.57     · 7 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2013 · 4 editions
    The Well-Laden Ship "("Fecunda ratis") is an early…

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    Book 26

    Ysengrimus
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    3.60     · 25 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1148 · 20 editions
    The twelfth-century Latin beast epic Ysengrimus is…

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    Book 27

    Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints
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    4.38     · 13 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    Religious piety has rarely been animated as vigoro…

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    Book 28

    On Difficulties in the Church Fathers: The Ambigua, Volume 1
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    4.72     · 69 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 634 · 3 editions
    Maximos the Confessor (580–662) occupies a unique …

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    Book 29

    On Difficulties in the Church Fathers: The Ambigua, Volume 2
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    4.82     · 50 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 634 · 2 editions
    Maximos the Confessor (580–662) occupies a unique …

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    Book 30

    Saints' Lives, Vol. I
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    0.00     · published 2014 · 4 editions
    The artistry, wit, and erudition of medieval Latin…

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    Book 31

    Saints' Lives, Vol. II
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    The artistry, wit, and erudition of medieval Latin…

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    Book 32

    Old English Shorter Poems, Volume II: Wisdom and Lyric
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    3.92     · 25 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions
    The twenty-five poems and eleven metrical charms i…

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    Book 33

    The Histories (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)
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    4.43     · 23 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions
    Among Greek histories of the fall of Constantinopl…

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    Book 34

    The Histories (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)
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    4.53     · 17 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    Among Greek histories of the fall of Constantinopl…

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    Book 35

    On the Liturgy (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)
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    4.33     · 3 Ratings · published 2014 · 3 editions
    Amalar of Metz’s On the Liturgy (the Liber officia…

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    Book 36

    On the Liturgy, Volume II: Books 3-4
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    4.67     · 3 Ratings · published 2014 · 2 editions
    Amalar of Metz’s On the Liturgy (the Liber officia…

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    Book 37

    Allegories of the Iliad
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    4.38     · 8 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions
    In the early 1140s, the Bavarian princess Bertha v…

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    Book 38

    Poetic Works
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    4.56     · 9 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2015 · 4 editions
    Bernardus Silvestris exemplifies the scholastic cu…

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    Book 39

    Lives and Miracles
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    4.67     · 3 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions
    Gregory of Tours served as bishop of Tours, then a…

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    Book 40

    Holy Men of Mount Athos
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    4.38     · 8 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 3 editions
    Often simply called the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos…

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    Book 41

    On Plato’s Timaeus
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    4.30     · 10 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 2 editions
    Until the Renaissance, the work of Calcidius offer…

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    Book 42

    Old English Psalms
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    The Latin psalms figured prominently in the lives …

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    Book 43

    The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes: Progymnasmata from Twelfth-Century Byzantium
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    Progymnasmata , preliminary exercises in the study…

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    Book 44

    The Old English History of the World: An Anglo-Saxon Rewriting of Orosius
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    3.83     · 12 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 900 · 71 editions
    The Old English History of the World is a translat…

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    Book 45

    Christian Novels from the Menologion of Symeon Metaphrastes
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    4.67     · 6 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 1 edition
    Created in the tenth century, most likely as an im…

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    Book 46

    Poems
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    The eleven books of poetry by Venantius Fortunatus…

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    Book 47

    The Life of Saint Neilos of Rossano
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    4.80     · 5 Ratings · published 2018 · 1 edition
    The Life of Saint Neilos of Rossano is a masterpie…

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    Book 48

    Carmina Burana, Volume 1
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    4.20     · 15 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 3 editions
    Carmina Burana, literally "Songs from Beuern," is …

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    Book 49

    Carmina Burana, Vol. II
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    Carmina Burana, literally "Songs from Beuern," is …

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    Book 50

    The Poems of Christopher of Mytilene and John Mauropous
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    The witty and self-assertive poetry of Christopher…

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    Book 51

    Medieval Latin Lives of Muhammad
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    3.25     · 4 Ratings · 1 edition
    Throughout the Middle Ages, Christians wrote about…

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    Book 52

    Two Works on Trebizond
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    In 1204, brothers Alexios and David Komnenos becam…

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    Book 53

    Tria sunt: An Art of Poetry and Prose
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    The Tria sunt, named for its opening words, was a …

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    The Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 edition
    Theodore (759-826), abbot of the influential Const…

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    Homilies
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 edition
    Sophronios, born in Damascus around 560, was a hig…

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