Overview
Robert Devreesse was a French priest and scriptor in the Vatican Library. His many works involve ground-breaking achievement in Greek palaeography, research into the life and work of Theodore of Mopsuestia and the history of the Patriarchate of Antioch in its early centuries.
Robert Devreesse | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 May 1894 |
| Died | August 16, 1978 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | priest |
Robert Devreesse (28 May 1894, Cisai-Saint-Aubin – 1978 Orville) was a French priest and scriptor in the Vatican Library.[1][2] His many works involve ground-breaking achievement in Greek (and also in Syriac) palaeography, research into the life and work of Theodore of Mopsuestia and the history of the Patriarchate of Antioch in its early centuries.
During World War II, he was irregularly appointed provisional curator of the Manuscripts department of the Bibliothèque Nationale; he was therefore fired in August 1944.[3] After WWII, he was Vice-Prefect of the Vatican Library until 1950.[4]
Bibliography
- Le Commentaire de Théodore de Mopsueste sur les psaumes I-LXXX, 1939. [3]
- Introduction à l'étude des manuscrits grecs, 1954. [5]
- Le Patriarcat d'Antioche; Depuis la paix de l'Eglise jusqu' à la conquête arabe, 1945. [6]
- Le Fonds Coislin, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs II, Paris 1945.
- Essai sur Théodore de Mopsueste (Studi e Testi 141), 1948.
- Les manuscrits grecs de l'Italie méridionale, histoire, classement, paléographie, 1955.
- Les évangiles et l'Evangile, 1966.
- Les anciens commentateurs grecs des psaumes,1970. [7]
References
- ↑ "Devreesse, Monseigneur (1894-1978)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ JACQUOT, Olivier (January 4, 2018). "Gardes, conservateurs et directeurs du département des Manuscrits de 1720 à nos jours". Comité d'histoire.
- 1 2 "Robert Devreesse" (PDF). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ "Devreesse, Robert (1894-1978)". Persée. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ "Introduction à l'étude des manuscrits grecs". Open Library. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ "Le Patriarcat d'Antioche". Internet Archive (online copy in French). Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ "Robert Devreesse". Open Library. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
