Resumen de Time, History, and Eternity in Early Manuscripts of Fleury
This article examines different concepts of time found in manuscripts of the eighth to twelfth centuries produced at or belonging to the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Benoît-sur-Loire, also known as Fleury. Time will be considered through exegetical, liturgical, hagiographical, historical, and philosophical texts, as well as the material aspects of these manuscripts, such as annotations, marginal signs and glosses, images, diagrams, and the layout of text and decoration. In particular, hagiographical works about the life and deeds of the patron saint of the abbey, Saint Benedict, will be seen to have been important for the identity of the community of Fleury and their perception or expression of different time layers.
