{"slug":"tmp1086.tmp1086.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp1086.tmp1086.opp-lat1","title":"Opuscula","title_source":"Opuscula","author":"Anonymous","genre":"other","date":"","tradition":"latin","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T06:06:37Z","cost_usd":0.002615},"source":{"registry_id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp1086.tmp1086.opp-lat1","work_id":"tmp1086.tmp1086.opp-lat1","edition":"ogl-pl","language":"","license":"Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp1086/tmp1086/tmp1086.tmp1086.opp-lat1.xml"},"stats":{"passages":5,"english_words":1097,"coptic_letters":0,"source_letters":4236,"commentary_units":26,"commentary_kinds":9,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":8,"work_notes":6,"external_links":0,"timeline":3},"summary":{"work":"tmp1086.tmp1086.opp-lat1","abstract":"The Opuscula is a collection of short, anonymous Latin treatises transmitted in a single manuscript, likely from a monastic scriptorium. The generic medieval title does not reflect authorial intent, and the work is usually assigned to the 12th or 13th century based on script and content, though no firm terminus ante quem exists. The treatises show limited circulation and are not cited by major scholastic authors. The edition lacks a critical apparatus or stemma, and internal consistency among the treatises has not been fully assessed; some may be by different hands. The work survives without early printed editions and has no known liturgical or canonical use.","historical_context":"The Opuscula survives in a single manuscript tradition, probably produced in a monastic scriptorium during the 12th or 13th century. The dating is conjectural, relying on paleographic and content analysis rather than external evidence. The work's limited circulation and absence from scholastic citations suggest it was a local or regional product, perhaps for internal monastic instruction or devotion. The generic title 'Opuscula' indicates that the collection was assembled by a later editor, not by the original author(s). No early printed edition is known, and the text has not been integrated into major medieval theological or canonical corpora. The lack of a stemma and unrecorded variant readings from other witnesses further obscure its transmission history.","significance":"The Opuscula provides a rare witness to anonymous monastic theological writing in the high Middle Ages, reflecting the diversity of genres and authorship practices outside the scholastic mainstream. Its limited circulation and uncertain dating highlight the challenges of studying non-canonical medieval texts. The collection may offer insights into local monastic spirituality and intellectual culture, though its fragmentary transmission and lack of critical edition limit its use.","timeline":[{"date":"12th–13th c.","event":"Probable composition and initial manuscript production of the Opuscula in a monastic scriptorium."},{"date":"Medieval period","event":"Limited circulation; no known citation by major scholastic authors."},{"date":"Modern era","event":"First modern edition without critical apparatus; no early printed edition known."}],"relations":[{"work":"Rule of Benedict","relation":"Possible thematic or linguistic parallels, but not directly cited or included.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Augustine's De Trinitate","relation":"Echoes of Augustinian concepts of the inner self, though not directly dependent.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"1 Corinthians 13:4 (Vulgate)","relation":"Possible biblical allusion to 'caritas benigna est'.","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["Dating is conjectural; no firm terminus ante quem exists.","Authorship is uncertain; the treatises may be by different hands.","The title 'Opuscula' is a generic medieval label, not authorial.","The edition lacks a critical apparatus or stemma; variant readings are unrecorded.","Limited circulation and absence from major citations hinder contextualization."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000358,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:06:37Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin Patrologia Latina","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp1086/tmp1086/tmp1086.tmp1086.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"tmp1086.tmp1086.opp-lat1","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":5,"translated":5,"commentary_passages":5,"commentary_units":26,"english_words":1097,"source_letters":4236,"commentary_kinds":9},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work is transmitted as a collection of short treatises (opuscula) of uncertain authorship. The title 'Opuscula' is a generic medieval label, not an authorial one.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Survives in a single manuscript tradition, likely from a monastic scriptorium. No early printed edition is known before the modern era.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"Dating is conjectural, based on script and content. The work is usually assigned to the 12th or 13th century, but no firm terminus ante quem exists.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This edition does not provide a critical apparatus or stemma. 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That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in Latin; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 5 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: ogl-pl — Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":5},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"S. P. BENEDICTI OPUSCULA.\n\nSERMO S. P. BENEDICTI\n\nhabitus in discessu s. mauri ei sociorum.\n\nSi tristandum (dilectissimi Patres ac filii) pro tali esset negotio, mihi magis quam vobis in hoc esset moerendum, qui quantum ad praesens, magnis videor destitui solatiis. Sed quia, dicente Apostolo, charitas benigna est, benignitatem charitatis nostrae omnimodis impendere debemus his quo aliquo modo ea indigere cognoscimus: nec nostra tantum, quantum aliena quaerere. Quapropter vos amoris paterni sollicitudine a fletibus et moerore temperare deposcimus, quia potens est Deus meliores nobis post hujus depositionem corporis huic sanctae immittere congregationi: quorum meritis et exemplis, longe praestantius quam nostris, aedificemini. Sed et illud summopere nobis procurandum est, ne versutia antiqui hostis, unde aliis salus acquiritur, inde nobis tristitiae malo, detrimentum in aliquo ingeratur. Non etenim quos unitatis semel in sancta charitate junxit concordia, nunquam vel longissima terrarum divident spatia: quoniam semper interioris hominis aspectu, qui renovatur secundum imaginem ejus qui creavit eum, nos quoad vixerimus tempore invicem intuebimur.","english":"The Little Works of Saint Benedict the Abbot.\n\nA Sermon of Saint Benedict the Abbot\n\nDelivered at the Departure of Saint Maurus and His Companions.\n\nIf there were cause for sorrow (most beloved Fathers and sons) in such a matter, I would have more reason for grief in this than you, since, for the present, I seem to be deprived of great comforts. But because, as the Apostle says, charity is kind, we must show the kindness of our charity in every way to those whom we know to stand in need of it in any manner; and we must seek not so much our own good as that of others. Therefore, we beseech you, with the solicitude of a father's love, to refrain from tears and grief, because God is able, after the laying aside of this body, to send to this holy congregation men better than we are, by whose merits and examples you may be edified far more excellently than by ours. But we must also take great care that the cunning of the ancient enemy does not, from the very source from which salvation is gained for others, bring upon us the evil of sadness, to our detriment in any way. For those whom the concord of unity has once joined in holy charity, the longest distances of lands shall never separate; since, by the gaze of the inner man, who is renewed according to the image of him who created him, we shall behold one another in time for as long as we live.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"SERMO S. P. BENEDICTI habitus in discessu s. mauri ei sociorum","severity":"info","text":"The title identifies this as a sermon delivered at the departure of Saint Maurus and his companions, framing the text as a consolatory address within a monastic narrative.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"charitas benigna est","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'charitas benigna est' echoes 1 Corinthians 13:4 (Vulgate: 'caritas benigna est'), though the Latin here uses 'charitas' for 'caritas'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"interioris hominis aspectu","severity":"info","text":"'Interioris hominis aspectu' (the gaze of the inner man) reflects a Pauline and Augustinian concept of the inner self renewed in the image of God, as in Colossians 3:10 and Augustine's De Trinitate.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"antiqui hostis","severity":"info","text":"'Antiqui hostis' (the ancient enemy) is a standard patristic and monastic designation for the devil, common in Benedictine Rule and early medieval ascetic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"S. P. BENEDICTI OPUSCULA","severity":"info","text":"The attribution of this sermon to Benedict of Nursia is traditional but historically uncertain; the work is not included in the Rule of Benedict and likely dates from later monastic hagiography.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text is a later medieval composition, not a genuine work of Benedict of Nursia; the attribution is hagiographical. The phrase 'S. P. Benedicti' may be a scribal addition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Post quae verba, D. Maurum et socios sic effatus est: Vos autem, fratres charissimi, quos ad opus Domini construendum, ad illas dirigimus partes, viriliter agite et confortetur cor vestrum in sancto proposito et religione: procul dubio scientes quia quanto austeriora, causa salutis aliorum, in hujus via saeculi pertuleritis, tanto majora a Deo recipietis coelestium gaudia praemiorum. Nec vos ullo modo resolutio hujus nostri moestificet corpusculi: quoniam praesentior vobis ero carnis deposito onere, vestrique per Dei gratiam cooperator existam assiduus.\n\nMelius confirmari non potest sermo iste quam testimonio oculati simul et auriti testis, scilicet B. Fausti S. Pauli discipuli, ad quem et alios tres socios tendebant ultima verba hujus sermonis: venit enim in Galliam una cum B. Mauro, post cujus obitum, a fratribus Romam advocatus, et scribens jussu summi pontificis Vitam sancti Maurit haec ipsa verba sancto Benedicto ascribit. Sequitur sanctum Faustum Adrenaldus Floriacensis auctor antiquissimus (florebat siquidem anno 890) lib. i de Miraculis sancti Benedicti, cap. 6. Sanctus Faustus (inquit) Vitam beati Mauri composuit, ex quo opere nos quoque haec quae scripsimus mutuavimus; et immediate postea subjungit istum sermonem una cum epistola ad sanctum Maurum missa. Vide Surium tomo primo, et Arnoldum Uvion Ligni Vitae lib. i, cap. 1.","english":"After these words, he spoke thus to Dom Maurus and his companions: \"But you, most beloved brothers, whom we send to those regions for the building of the Lord's work, act manfully and let your heart be strengthened in holy purpose and religion: knowing without doubt that the more austere things you endure on this journey of the world for the sake of others' salvation, the greater heavenly joys of rewards you will receive from God. And let the dissolution of this little body of ours in no way sadden you: for I will be more present to you once the burden of flesh is laid aside, and I will be your constant co-worker through the grace of God.\"\n\nThis sermon cannot be better confirmed than by the testimony of a witness who was both an eyewitness and an earwitness, namely Blessed Faustus, a disciple of Saint Paul, to whom and to three other companions the last words of this sermon were directed: for he came into Gaul together with Blessed Maurus, and after the latter's death, having been summoned to Rome by the brothers, and writing the Life of Saint Maurus by order of the supreme pontiff, he attributes these very words to Saint Benedict. Adrevaldus of Fleury, a most ancient author (for he flourished in the year 890), follows Saint Faustus in book 1, chapter 6, of his Miracles of Saint Benedict. \"Saint Faustus,\" he says, \"composed the Life of Blessed Maurus, from which work we too have borrowed what we have written\"; and immediately afterward he subjoins this sermon together with a letter sent to Saint Maurus. See Surius, volume 1, and Arnoldus Uvion, Tree of Life, book 1, chapter 1.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Post quae verba","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a transition from the preceding narrative to the direct speech of Benedict, framing the sermon as an embedded address.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"resolutio hujus nostri corpusculi","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'dissolution of this little body' refers to Benedict's own death, using a diminutive (corpusculi) to express humility and foreshadowing his posthumous spiritual presence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"B. Fausti S. Pauli discipuli","severity":"info","text":"Faustus is presented as a disciple of Paul and companion of Maurus; his authorship of the Life of Maurus is cited to authenticate the sermon, though historically this attribution is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"Adrenaldus Floriacensis","severity":"info","text":"Adrevaldus of Fleury (fl. 890) is cited as an early witness who transmits Faustus's account, including this sermon, in his Miracles of Saint Benedict.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Vide Surium tomo primo, et Arnoldum Uvion Ligni Vitae lib. i, cap. 1","severity":"info","text":"The editor directs readers to Surius (Laurentius Surius, 16th c.) and Arnoldus Uvion (Arnoldus Uvion, 17th c.) as further sources for the sermon, indicating its circulation in early modern hagiographical collections.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"sermo iste","severity":"caution","text":"The authenticity of this sermon as Benedict's own words is contested; the editor relies on Faustus's testimony, but the chain of transmission is late and the text may be a later composition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'B. Faustus S. Pauli discipulus' is uncertain; he may be a legendary figure conflated with Faustus of Riez or another early medieval author.","The phrase 'ad quem et alios tres socios tendebant ultima verba hujus sermonis' is ambiguous: it could mean the last words were directed to Faustus and three others, or that Faustus was among those to whom the sermon's final words were addressed."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Denique hujus sermonis veritatem videntur valde stabilire eum verba illa sancti Mauri quibus sanctum Roman, de obitu sancti Benedicti consolatur apud scriptorem antiquissimum Vitae sancti Romani in Bibliotheca Floriacensi, tum versus isti P. Damiani S. R. E. cardinalis, ubi de laudibus montis Cassini, his verbis:\n\nSi cecidit Sinai mons qui legem dedit olim. Quod periisse tamen sua moenia credere nolim Regula namque manet digitis descripta sacratis. Tradita discipulis Mauro Placidoque beatis. Si rex Antiochus ex auro vendidit aram, Lege labore no em Machabaeus restruet aram. Lator ait legis, vobis praesentior adsum, Post mortem, quam nunc dicam clamantibus, adsum.\n\nCitat Arnold. Uvion in martyrologio suo ad diem S. Mauri.\n\nEPISTOLA SANCTI BENEDICTI\n\nad sanctum maurum missa.\n\nAccipe, a(??)ectissime, extrema institutoris tui dona, quae et longum nostrum testentur amorem, et tibi ac commilitonibus tuis contra omnium perpetim munimen praebeant impedimenta malorum. Post expletam enim totam trinam vicenorum annorum decursionem, ex quo monasterialem adisti perfectionem, in gaudium Domini tui es introducendus: ut nobis hesterno die, postquam a nobis digressus es, Dominus ostendere est dignatus.","english":"Finally, the truth of this discourse seems to be strongly confirmed by those words of Saint Maurus with which he consoles Saint Romanus concerning the death of Saint Benedict, according to the most ancient writer of the Life of Saint Romanus in the Library of Fleury, and also by these verses of Peter Damian, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, where, concerning the praises of Monte Cassino, he speaks thus:\n\nIf Mount Sinai, which once gave the law, has fallen, I would still not believe that its walls have perished; for the Rule remains, written by sacred fingers, handed down to the blessed disciples Maurus and Placidus. If King Antiochus sold the altar for gold, by the law of labor the Maccabee will rebuild the altar. The giver of the law says: I am more present to you after death than I am now, speaking to those who cry out.\n\nArnold Wion cites this in his martyrology on the day of Saint Maurus.\n\nLETTER OF SAINT BENEDICT\n\nsent to Saint Maurus.\n\nReceive, most beloved one, the final gifts of your teacher, which are to testify to our long affection and to provide you and your fellow soldiers with a perpetual defense against all hindrances of evils. For after the completion of the entire threefold course of twenty years from the time you attained monastic perfection, you are to be led into the joy of your Lord: as the Lord deigned to show to us yesterday, after you departed from us.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Arnold. Uvion","severity":"info","text":"Arnold Wion (Arnoldus Wion) was a 16th-century Benedictine historian; his martyrology cites the verses attributed to Peter Damian, lending authority to the passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"versus isti P. Damiani","severity":"info","text":"The verses attributed to Peter Damian (11th century) are quoted to support the authenticity of the letter; their inclusion in a martyrology by Wion shows later medieval reception.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Si rex Antiochus ex auro vendidit aram","severity":"info","text":"Alludes to 1 Maccabees 1:20-24 and 4:36-59, where Antiochus IV plunders the Temple and Judas Maccabeus restores the altar.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"a(??)ectissime","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text has a lacuna or illegible letter; likely 'a(ma)ectissime' for 'amantissime' (most beloved), but the reading is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Epistola Sancti Benedicti ad sanctum maurum missa","severity":"info","text":"This heading introduces a purported letter from Benedict to Maurus, distinct from the preceding narrative; the passage shifts from citation to direct epistolary form.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"trinam vicenorum annorum decursionem","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'threefold course of twenty years' (60 years) sets a specific timeline for Maurus's monastic life, but this is a legendary detail not historically attested.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'most ancient writer of the Life of Saint Romanus' is not specified; the text may be lost or apocryphal.","The lacuna in 'a(??)ectissime' leaves the exact term of address uncertain; 'amantissime' is conjectural."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Praedico etiam, ibi moram vos in eundo esse passuros, ac cum difficultate habilem locum inventuros, pro his quae et Deo ordinante perficientur, et quae inimicus humani generis molimine calliditatis suae in vos concitabit. Nusquam tamen benignitas misericordis Dei vobis deerit: sed potius differendo licet, ac desiderium animi vestri in longum experiendo, aliorsus quam speravimus aptissimam largiri dignabitur metationem. Jamque valeas felix in professione, felicior futurus in perventione.\n\nAuctores omnes superius citati in not. ad sermonem in discessu S. Mauri habitum, hanc etiam afferunt epistolam ascribuntque S. Benedicto: quos citasse denuo visum est superfluum. Addo solum testimonium Adrevaldi Floriacensis eodem libro quo supra, cap. 7, ubi de sanctis Mauro et sociis loquens, sic ait: Profecti itaque a coenobio Cassini Epiphanorum diebus, quinta sabbati haud procul in praedium ejusdem coenobii ea deveniunt die: susceptique sunt a duobus fratribus quos pridie illinc hac de causa reverendissimus pater miserat: dumque illic quietis gratia pernoctarent, superveniunt eis nocturnam synaxim agentibus d(??)o fratres, missi a S. Benedicto cum piis muneribus, capsula scilicet reliquiarum ac brevi epistola, etc.","english":"I also predict that you will experience delay in your journey, and that you will find a suitable place only with difficulty, on account of those things which will be accomplished by God's ordering, and which the enemy of the human race will stir up against you by the machination of his cunning. Yet the kindness of merciful God will never fail you; but rather, although by delaying, and by testing the desire of your heart at length, He will deign to grant a most fitting settlement elsewhere than we had hoped. And now, may you be happy in your profession, and happier still in your arrival.\n\nAll the authors cited above in the note on the sermon delivered at the departure of Saint Maurus also bring forward this letter and ascribe it to Saint Benedict: to cite them again seemed superfluous. I add only the testimony of Adrevald of Fleury, from the same book as above, chapter 7, where, speaking of Saints Maurus and his companions, he says thus: And so, setting out from the monastery of Cassino on the days of Epiphany, on the fifth day of the week they come not far from there to an estate of the same monastery on that day: and they were received by two brothers whom the most reverend father had sent from there the day before for this reason: and while they were spending the night there for the sake of rest, two brothers, sent by Saint Benedict with pious gifts, namely a small box of relics and a brief letter, etc., come upon them as they were performing the night office.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Adrevald of Fleury (9th cent.) wrote a hagiographic account of the translation of St. Maurus; his testimony here supports the authenticity of the letter attributed to Benedict.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Adrevald of Fleury"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"metationem","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'metationem' (from 'metatio') likely means 'settlement' or 'dwelling-place'; the English draft renders it as 'settlement'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a first-person prediction (attributed to Benedict) to a third-person editorial comment citing Adrevald, marking a clear break between the letter and the commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The editor notes that earlier authors cited in a note on the sermon for St. Maurus's departure also attribute this letter to Benedict, but he declines to repeat them.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text has a lacuna: 'd(??)o fratres' — the number of brothers is illegible; the English draft supplies 'two' from context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'enemy of the human race' is unspecified; likely a generic reference to Satan.","The phrase 'aliorsus quam speravimus' could mean 'elsewhere than we had hoped' or 'in a different direction than we expected'; the draft chooses the former."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"Capsula illa reliquiarum, quae eburnea est, ostenditur apud S. Maurum Fossatensem juxta Parisios: epistolam sepultam cum S. Mauro, juxta ipsius desiderium et voluntatem, aliqui testantur.","english":"That capsule of relics, which is made of ivory, is displayed at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés near Paris: some attest that the letter was buried with Saint Maurus, according to his own desire and will.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Capsula illa reliquiarum, quae eburnea est","severity":"info","text":"The phrase identifies a specific ivory reliquary, likely a known object at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, and its display there is a claim of authenticity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"S. 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