Los manuscritos de las Vitae sanctorum de Bernardo de Brihuega conservados en la Biblioteca General Histórica de la Universidad de Salamanca

Abstract

This article describes the contents of three manuscripts of the Vitae sanctorum of Bernardo de Brihuega preserved in the General Historical Library of the University of Salamanca: 2538 (Books III and V of Brihuega), 2540 (Book IV: second part) and 2541 (Book IV: first part), and offers an alphabetical index of the authors and works gathered in these manuscripts and in MS 2539 (Book IV: third part; and Book II). The study highlights the importance of Vincent of Beauvais’ Speculum historiale as the main source of the Brihuega’s compilation