Jerome's Epistula LXIV ad Fabiolam, Letter 64, on the priestly vestments, is a primary text written in the late fourth century; the atlas records no exact year because the letter's own date within Jerome's later career is not settled. Its strength is that it gives a named, datable late antique writer's own identification of the twelve breastplate stones, one that differs from Josephus's. Its limit is the ordinary one for any patristic letter read this many centuries later: it is one Church Father's own scholarly judgment, not an independently verifiable historical record of the stones themselves.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: a primary late antique patristic letter, a named datable writer's own scholarly judgment though not an independently verifiable historical record of the objects it addresses. NotesPublicationYear left NULL: written in the late fourth century, exact year uncertain. Gives an identification of the twelve breastplate stones differing from that of Josephus.
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AuthorJerome
Source Typeprimary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (7 claims)
This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Gemstones, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Religious Dress & Vestments, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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2Religious Dress & Vestments
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