Formulae of St. Eucherius of Lyons

About this book

Eucherius of Lyons's Formulae is an early handbook for reading Scripture spiritually, explaining the symbolic meanings of the images that fill the Bible — its animals, numbers, places, and objects of nature. Written in the fifth century for the instruction of his sons, it helped train generations of medieval readers to find layered meaning in the biblical text.

Contents

1. Preface
2. I. The Members of the Lord: Their Names and Significance
3. II. On Heavenly Objects 🔒
4. III. On Earthly Things 🔒
5. IV. On the Animals 🔒
6. V. On the Various Names and Titles 🔒
7. VI. On the Interior Man 🔒
8. VII. On the Useful or the Ordinary 🔒
9. VIII. On the Various Meanings of Words and Names 🔒
10. IX. On Jerusalem and her Enemies 🔒
11. X. On Numbers 🔒