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the independent Latin miracle, rather than the vita, is closer to version II
are:
W17r14 (N,231,33) in uisu
II,700,26 in suefni
C24,27 in somnis
W19v15–16 (N,232,23) cum blasphemia clamorem
II,701,31 sigradir þu enn galuerski, sigradir þu
C25,11–12 vicisti Nazarene. uicisti
None of the versions discussed here could have been the immediate
source for the Icelandic miracle, although the version in the vita is very
close.15 given how relatively little the manuscripts of the Euphemian Vita
Basilii differ from one another, it is unlikely that some manuscripts of the
euphemian translation served as the source for the Icelandic miracle. the
statement in the Latin miracle: Refertur autem in tripertita historia (C25,3)
would lead to the expectation that the Historia Ecclesiastica Tripartita by
epiphanius-Cassiodorus16 could be the source, but this turns out not to
be the case. It is quite plausible, however, that an older, independent story
of the Death of Julian was so much closer to the vita that it served as the
source for the tale in the Cleopatra manuscript as well as for chapters 8
and 9 of the euphemian Vita Basilii (and quite probably of the obviously
related version in the Legenda Aurea).

It is also unlikely that any of the versions of the Vita Basilii discussed
above is indebted to the Vitae Patrum, a chronicle of church fathers that
was very popular in the Middle Ages.17 that collection reached Iceland and
15 Cf. Peter jorgensen, “julian the Apostate and manuscript Relatedness in Maríu saga,” in
Across the Oceans: Studies from East to West in Honor of Richard K. Seymour, ed. Irmengard
rauch and Cornelia Moore (Honolulu: College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature,
university of Hawaii, 1995), 113–23.
16 Cassiodorus-epiphanius, Historia Ecclesiastica Tripartita, eds. Waltarius jacob and Rudol-
phus Hanslik, Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, vol. 71 (Vindobonae:
Holder-Pichler-tempsky, 1952).
17 Vitae Patrum, ed. Heribert rosweyde (1615/1628; repr. Patrologiae cursus completus. Series
latina, ed. J. P. Migne, vols. 73, 74, Paris: Migne, 1844–65).
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