Vittore, vescovo di Capua (541-554), lettore, annotatore e revisore di codici
Résumé
The philological activity of Victor, bishop of Capua, is exceptionally well known thanks to the preservation of the Codex Fuldensis, a manuscript transmitting the first Latin Harmony of the Gospels which was revised and corrected by him in 546-547 and which contains several autograph subscriptions. This article first brings together a series of observations on the main characteristics of this codex and a new analysis of its subscriptions, in order to highlight the types of interventions made to the text. It then identifies a new subscription by Victor, partially preserved in a Carolingian copy of the Expositum in Heptateuchum by John, Deacon of the Roman Church (6th c.), and develops the consequences of this identification for the text history of this work. Finally, it suggests a number of avenues for research that might be explored to possibly identify other witnesses to Victor’s use of books.