A Preliminary Handlist of Manuscripts Containing Alcuin’s Liber de virtutibus et vitiis

Barcelona BC 569 and a Carolingian programme on the virtues

“…116 Part of a proper understanding of the two works, though, is that Alcuin's text influenced Dhuoda herself, and that while not repeating what Alcuin had to say or employing the same format, she infused her own advice with moral wisdom picked up from the earlier generation of teachers. The extant manuscripts of Alcuin's De uirtutibus et uitiis indicate that the text found readers in all corners of Europe from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries; libraries everywhere from Spain to Sweden house at least partial versions.…”

“…The extant manuscripts of Alcuin's De uirtutibus et uitiis indicate that the text found readers in all corners of Europe from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries; libraries everywhere from Spain to Sweden house at least partial versions. 116 Part of a proper understanding of the two works, though, is that Alcuin's text influenced Dhuoda herself, and that while not repeating what Alcuin had to say or employing the same format, she infused her own advice with moral wisdom picked up from the earlier generation of teachers.…”