The two commentaries on Genesis attributed to Remigius of Auxerre; with a critical edition of Stegmuller 7195

During the late 17th century, Chifflet attempted to publish a commentary on Genesis, Stegmuller 7195 (Scriptoribus Hebraeorum hic mos), attributed to Remigius of Auxerre. Soon after, Pez published another Genesis commentary, Stegmuller 7194 (Auctor huius operis), also attributed to Remigius. Due to this accident of printing history, Stegmuller 7194 erroneously became known as Remigius\u27 authentic commentary on Genesis. This thesis will reconsider the authorship of these Genesis commentaries by analysing their textual transmission, sources and styles. Eight of the 20 extant manuscripts of Stegmuller 7194 ascribe the text to Remigius. The stemma, however, shows that these manuscripts all derive from a Pentateuch commentary written at Freising in the late 10th century. All such manuscripts probably originated in Germany and Austria. The manuscripts of the other family were generally produced in France and none attribute Stegmuller 7194 to Remigius, while at least one attributes this text to Haimo. Meanwhile, 3 of the 10 extant manuscripts of Stegmuller 7195 attribute the text to Remigius. Significantly, the oldest manuscript mentioning Remigius, Vat. lat. 646 (late 9th- early 10th-century), has Auxerrois connections. The source analysis shows that Stegmuller 7194 used the Genesis commentaries of Alcuin and Hrabanus Maurus. Stegmuller 7195, which relied upon Hrabanus Maurus even more than Stegmuller 7194, also used Angelomus of Luxeuil and Adrevald of Fleury\u27s De benedictionibus patriarcharum. This suggests that Stegmuller 7194 was not written after 850, while Stegmuller 7195 was probably completed after 875. The two commentaries differ stylistically. Stegmuller 7194 follows its sources much more loosely than Stegmuller 7195. The exegesis of Stegmuller 7195 is strictly literal, while Stegmuller 7194 also addresses allegorical and tropological senses. The stylistic traits of both authors identified by previous scholars and parallels with other works by Haimo and Remigius are analyzed. Therefore, Remigius of Auxerre probably wrote Stegmuller 7195, a critical edition of which concludes the dissertation. Haimo of Auxerre probably wrote Stegmuller 7194, published in Migne, hitherto attributed to Remigius