Dear friends,
a friend of mine is studying a sermon by Johannes Herolt
("Discipulus", sermo de tempore 105 "de iudeis") and has asked me
about a quote from "Historia scholastica" which I haven't been able
to identify in the Migne edition of that work.
Herolt quotes ("legitur in hystoria scholastica") the story of how
during the siege of Jerusalem by Titus and Vespasian, a noble Jewish
woman allegedly cooked her own child to escape starvation. The story
as such is well known in the middle ages. Further: According to
"Josephus", after the fall of the city 30 Jews were sold for one
penny, just as they had payed 30 pennies to Judas. This latter motif
actually comes from the "Vindicta Salvatoris" tradition that was
later often included in "Josephus".
None of this can be found in the "historia scholastica" by Petrus
Comestor as it can be found in the Migne PL 198 edition (ending with
the execution of SS Peter and Paul). I do not think, though, that
Herolt's ascription to the "historia" is necessarily wrong and have a
feeling that he was using an augmented version of this textbook.
Can anyone with a better insight into the manuscript tradition or
with similar experiences share their knowledge with us?
Many thanks in advance,
Christoph
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Dr. Christoph Cluse, FB III - Institut fuer Geschichte der Juden
DM-Gebaeude, Postf. 12, Universitaet, 54286 Trier, Germany
http://www.uni-trier.de/uni/fb3/geschichte/haverkamp/amigj/start.htm
tel. ++49-651-201-3303 / fax 3293
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