AGAPE: A Database of Greek Patristic Editions (1465–1600)

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Last updated: 8/11/23

AGAPE: A Database of Greek Patristic Editions (1465–1600) is an open-access database, which aims to map the reception of the Greek Church Fathers in print throughout early modern Europe. AGAPE records every edition of Greek patristic works printed in Europe from 1465 to 1600, in the original language, as well as in Latin and vernacular translations. It links each work to the unique identification number established by the Clavis Patrum Graecorum (CPG) and thoroughly describes all the contents (texts and paratexts). Descriptions reply on the first-hand inspection of at least one copy of each edition.

AGAPE currently provides access to all editions printed in the fifteenth century (c. 310). Data related to the sixteenth century will be disclosed decade by decade (1501–1510, 1511–1520, 1521–1530 etc.) to ensure reliability.

The database is the main outcome of the four-year FNS Ambizione project The Greek Imprint on Europe: Patristics and Publishing in the Early Swiss Reformation, led by Paolo Sachet and based at the Institut d’histoire de la Réformation, University of Geneva.

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