{"slug":"tmp878.tmp878.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp878.tmp878.opp-lat1","title":"Proverbia Aliqua","title_source":"Proverbia Aliqua","author":"Patricius","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":"2026-11-15T05:58:29Z","cost_usd":0.001444},"source":{"registry_id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp878.tmp878.opp-lat1","work_id":"tmp878.tmp878.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/tmp878/tmp878/tmp878.tmp878.opp-lat1.xml"},"stats":{"passages":2,"english_words":310,"coptic_letters":0,"source_letters":1141,"commentary_units":12,"commentary_kinds":5,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":3,"work_notes":5,"external_links":0,"timeline":4},"summary":{"work":"tmp878.tmp878.opp-lat1","abstract":"The Proverbia Aliqua is a collection of proverbs attributed to Saint Patrick, though this ascription is not supported by internal evidence. The style and content suggest a later, possibly Hiberno-Latin, origin. The text survives in a single 12th-century manuscript, with no earlier witnesses, and its transmission history is obscure, likely mediated through monastic compilations. Dating is uncertain; the proverbs contain no datable references, and the work may be as early as the 7th or as late as the 10th century. The proverbs were occasionally cited in medieval Irish canonical collections but never widely circulated, and there is no known liturgical use. This edition lacks a critical apparatus for variant readings, and the single-manuscript basis limits textual criticism.","historical_context":"The Proverbia Aliqua is attributed to Patrick, the 5th-century patron saint of Ireland, but the attribution is likely spurious. The work's style and content point to a later Hiberno-Latin origin, possibly composed in an Irish monastic setting between the 7th and 10th centuries. The text survives in a single 12th-century manuscript, suggesting limited circulation and preservation within a monastic library. The proverbs were occasionally cited in medieval Irish canonical collections, indicating some use in ecclesiastical contexts, but they never achieved wide circulation or liturgical use. The transmission history is obscure, and the work's survival likely depended on the interests of a single monastic community. The lack of earlier witnesses and datable references makes precise dating impossible, and the text's origins remain speculative.","significance":"The Proverbia Aliqua is significant as a rare example of a proverb collection attributed to a major saint, reflecting the medieval Irish tradition of ascribing wisdom literature to Patrick. Its survival in a single manuscript highlights the fragility of such texts and the importance of monastic transmission. The work provides insight into the moral and didactic concerns of early medieval Irish Christianity, though its uncertain dating and authorship limit its historical value.","timeline":[{"date":"5th c.","event":"Life of Saint Patrick (traditional date)."},{"date":"7th–10th c.","event":"Probable composition of Proverbia Aliqua (uncertain)."},{"date":"12th c.","event":"Earliest surviving manuscript of Proverbia Aliqua."},{"date":"Medieval period","event":"Occasional citation in Irish canonical collections."}],"relations":[{"work":"Collectio Canonum Hibernensis","relation":"Possible source for citations of the proverbs","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Liber de ortu et obitu Patricii","relation":"Another work attributed to Patrick, of uncertain authenticity","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Proverbs of Solomon","relation":"Biblical wisdom literature that may have influenced the genre","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["The attribution to Patrick is not supported by internal evidence and is likely spurious.","Dating is uncertain; the work may be as early as the 7th or as late as the 10th century.","The text survives in a single 12th-century manuscript, limiting textual criticism and transmission history.","No critical apparatus is provided for variant readings."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000376,"generated":"2026-11-15T05:58:29Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin Patrologia Latina","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp878/tmp878/tmp878.tmp878.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"tmp878.tmp878.opp-lat1","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":2,"translated":2,"commentary_passages":2,"commentary_units":12,"english_words":310,"source_letters":1129,"commentary_kinds":5},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work is a collection of proverbs attributed to Patrick, but the ascription is not supported by internal evidence; the style and content suggest a later, possibly Hiberno-Latin, origin.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The text survives in a single manuscript from the 12th century, with no earlier witnesses; its transmission history is obscure and likely mediated through monastic compilations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"Dating is uncertain; the proverbs contain no datable references. The earliest manuscript is 12th-century, but the work may be as early as the 7th or as late as the 10th century.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The proverbs were occasionally cited in medieval Irish canonical collections, but never widely circulated; no known liturgical use.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"This edition does not provide a critical apparatus for variant readings; the single-manuscript basis limits textual criticism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","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."},{"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: 2 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: ogl-pl — Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":2},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"PROVERBIA ALIQUA S. PATRICII.\n\nPatricius dicit: Satius est nobis negligentes praemonere, ne delicta abundent, quam culpare quæ sunt facta. Salomon: Molius cat arguere quam irasci ( Etcli. xx, 1).\n\nPatricius ait: Non oportet judices Ecclesiæ habere timorem bominum, sed timorem Dei; quia Timor Dei principium sapientiæ est (Psal. ex, 10).\n\nNon oportet judices Ecclesiae Dei habere sapientiam hujus mundi; quia sapientia hujus mundi stultitia est apud Deum (I Cor. III, 19); sed sapientiam Dei habere.\n\nNon oportet judices Ecclesiæ munera suscipere: quia munera excæcant oculos sapientium, et mutant verba justorum (Deut. XVI, 19).\n\nNon oportet judices Ecclesiæ habere personam in judicio: quia Non est acceptio personarum apud Deum (Rom. II, 11).\n\nNon oportet judices Ecclesix cautelam sæcularem habere, sed exempla divina: quia non oportet servum Dei cautum esse vel astutum.","english":"SOME PROVERBS OF SAINT PATRICK.\n\nPatrick says: It is better for us to warn the negligent beforehand, lest offenses abound, than to blame those which have been committed. Solomon: It is easier to reprove than to become angry (Ecclus. 20:1).\n\nPatrick says: The judges of the Church ought not to have fear of men, but fear of God; because the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom (Ps. 111:10).\n\nThe judges of the Church of God ought not to have the wisdom of this world; because the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God (1 Cor. 3:19); but they ought to have the wisdom of God.\n\nThe judges of the Church ought not to accept gifts; because gifts blind the eyes of the wise and change the words of the just (Deut. 16:19).\n\nThe judges of the Church ought not to have a personal bias in judgment; because there is no acceptance of persons with God (Rom. 2:11).\n\nThe judges of the Church ought not to have worldly cunning, but divine examples; because the servant of God ought not to be cautious or crafty.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Patricius dicit ... Patricius ait ... Non oportet ...","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a single maxim attributed to Patrick to a series of six negative injunctions beginning with 'Non oportet', each supported by a scriptural citation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Etcli. xx, 1","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Etcli. xx, 1' refers to Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 20:1, though the Vulgate verse numbering differs; the lemma 'Molius cat arguere quam irasci' is a loose rendering.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Psal. ex, 10","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Psal. ex, 10' corresponds to Psalm 111:10 in the Vulgate (Psalm 110:10 in the Hebrew numbering), linking fear of God to the beginning of wisdom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"I Cor. III, 19","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'I Cor. III, 19' refers to 1 Corinthians 3:19, but the Vulgate verse numbering differs; the lemma 'sapientia hujus mundi stultitia est apud Deum' echoes 1 Cor 3:19.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Deut. XVI, 19","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Deut. XVI, 19' refers to Deuteronomy 16:19, but the Vulgate verse numbering differs; the lemma 'munera excæcant oculos sapientium' is a common proverb, not a direct biblical quote.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Rom. II, 11","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Rom. II, 11' refers to Romans 2:11, which states 'non est acceptio personarum apud Deum' in the Vulgate.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The attribution to 'Patricius' (Saint Patrick) is traditional and not historically verifiable; the work may be a later compilation.","The Latin text contains minor scribal errors (e.g., 'bominum' for 'hominum', 'Ecclesix' for 'Ecclesiæ') that do not affect the sense."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Non oportet judices Ecclesiæ tam veloces esse in judicio, donec sciant quam verum flat quod scriptum est: Noli judex esse cito (Prov. xxv, 8).\n\nNon oportet judices Ecclesiæ volubiles esse.\n\nNon oportet judices Ecclesiae mendacium dicere; quia magnum crimen est mendacium. Sed oportet judices Ecclesiæ rectum judicium judicare; quia in quocunque judicio judicaverint, judicabitur de eis.\n\nPatricius (ait): Exempla majorum perqaire, ubi nihil fallaciæ invenies.\n\nPatricius ait: Judices qui non recte judicant judicia Ecclesiæ, non judiccs, sed ralsatores sunt.","english":"It is not fitting for judges of the Church to be so swift in judgment, until they know how true it is that is written: Be not a hasty judge (Prov. 25:8).\n\nIt is not fitting for judges of the Church to be fickle.\n\nIt is not fitting for judges of the Church to speak falsehood; for falsehood is a great crime. But it is fitting for judges of the Church to judge a right judgment; because in whatever judgment they have judged, judgment will be passed upon them.\n\nPatrick says: Examine the examples of the elders, where you will find no deceit.\n\nPatrick says: Judges who do not rightly judge the judgments of the Church are not judges, but falsifiers.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Noli judex esse cito (Prov. xxv, 8)","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Noli judex esse cito' is given as Proverbs 25:8, but the Vulgate Proverbs 25:8 reads 'sicut enim qui spinas colligit' (As one who gathers thorns). The verse is actually Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 19:6: 'noli cito esse iudex' (Be not a hasty judge). The attribution is erroneous.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"volubiles","severity":"info","text":"'Volubiles' (fickle) is a rare term in this context, meaning changeable or inconstant. It contrasts with the earlier 'veloces' (swift), emphasizing instability rather than haste as a judicial vice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ralsatores","severity":"info","text":"'Ralsatores' is a non-standard Latin form, likely a scribal error or variant for 'falsatores' (falsifiers). The intended meaning is 'those who falsify' judgments, not merely err.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"perqaire","severity":"info","text":"'Perqaire' is a Hiberno-Latin verb meaning 'examine thoroughly' or 'search out', derived from Latin 'perquirere'. It reflects the Irish Latin tradition's lexical creativity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is structured as a series of aphoristic prohibitions and positive injunctions for ecclesiastical judges, each introduced by 'Non oportet' or 'Sed oportet', followed by two sayings attributed to Patrick that summarize the theme.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The final saying 'Judices qui non recte judicant ... non judices, sed ralsatores sunt' echoes a common patristic and medieval legal maxim that unjust judges are not true judges, found in Augustine and later canon law.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The scripture citation 'Prov. xxv, 8' is misattributed; the actual source is Ecclesiasticus 19:6. The Latin 'ralsatores' is a hapax or scribal error for 'falsatores'. The phrase 'perqaire' is a Hiberno-Latin verb whose exact form is uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}