DA HISTÓRIA À BÍBLIA: A HISTORIOGRAFIA COMO MEIO DE TRANSMISSÃO DA BÍBLIA NO PORTUGAL MEDIEVO.

The context of Portuguese medieval Bibles is quite poor, especially when compared to other cultural contexts. However, it is noticeable that the main witnesses of vernacular biblical matter derive from translations and adaptations of historiographical texts. This article considers the role of historiographical works, both in Latin and vernacular, in the constitution of a corpus of biblical matter in Portuguese Middle Ages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]