Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina
{{short description|Catalogue of Latin hagiographic materials}}
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The Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina ({{abbr|BHL|Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina}}) is a catalogue of Latin hagiographic materials, including ancient literary works on the saints' lives, the translations of their relics, and their miracles, arranged alphabetically by saint. The listings include manuscripts, incipits, and printed editions. The first edition (1898-1901) and supplement (1911) were edited by the Bollandists, which included the Jesuit scholar Hippolyte Delehaye.{{Cite journal| doi = 10.2307/3678913| issn = 0080-4401| volume = 8| pages = 147–166| last = Knowles| first = M.D.| title = Presidential address: Great historical enterprises I. The Bollandists| journal = Transactions of the Royal Historical Society| series = 5th ser.| date = 1958| jstor = 3678913| s2cid = 162396984}} The most recent supplement is the product of a single editor, the Polish Jesuit {{Interlanguage link|Henryk Fros|fr|Henryk Fros}}, also Bollandist.
The Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca and Bibliotheca Hagiographica Orientalis catalogue hagiography, respectively, written in Greek and Middle Eastern languages.
Editions
- {{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bibliothecahagio01boll |title=Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et mediae aetatis |publication-place=Brussels |year=1898–1899 |volume=1}} (A{{ndash}}J)
- {{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/17520487.1256.emory.edu |title=Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et mediae aetatis |publication-place=Brussels |year=1900–1901 |volume=2}} (K{{ndash}}Z)
- {{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecahagio00boll |title=Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et mediae aetatis. Supplementi editio altera auctior |publication-place=Brussels |year=1911}}
- {{Cite book |title=Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et mediae aetatis. Novum supplementum |year=1986 |editor-last=Fros |editor-first=Henryk |publication-place=Brussels |publisher=Société des Bollandistes |ref=none}} (Includes the contents of the 1911 supplement.)
- {{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307055926/http://bhlms.fltr.ucl.ac.be/ |title=Bibliotheca hagiographica latina manuscripta (BHLms) |date=1998}} (Taken offline in 2024: link is to an archived version at the Internet Archive.)
- {{cite web |url=https://legendiers-latins.irht.cnrs.fr/ |title=Légendiers latins |date=2024}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://legendiers-latins.irht.cnrs.fr/ Légendiers latins] {{in lang|fr}}
- [https://www.bollandistes.org Société des Bollandistes]
- [https://clavis.brepols.net/clacla/Default.aspx Clavis Clavium], a database containing all BHL records
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Category:Christian hagiography
Category:20th-century books in Latin