Claudius Ptolemaeus (Alexandrinus) Ptolemy's tetrabiblos in the translation of William of Moerbeke

Claudii Ptolemaei liber iudicialium

First ever edition of the Latin translation of Ptolemy's masterwork. This is the first edition ever of Moerbeke's Latin translation of Ptolemy's celebrated astrological handbook, known under the title Tetrabiblos or Quadripartitum (opus). Ptolemy's treatise (composed after 141 AD) offers a systematic overview of astrological science and had, together with his Almagest, an enormous influence up until the 17th century. In the Latin Middle Ages the work was mostly known through translations from the...

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Engels | Latijn | 456 pagina's (PDF, 6,6 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Henricus Gandavensis Quaestiones variae Henrico de Gandavo adscriptae

In the process of completing his critical edition of Marcus of Orvieto's Liber de Moralitatibus, Dr. Girard J. Etzkorn happened upon a set of questions attributed to Henry of Ghent at the end of Rome's Bibliotheca Angelica codex 750. These questions are edited in this volume under the proviso 'attributed to' so that scholars may compare the texts with other works of the Ghentian master known to be authentic. Based upon some initial comparisons Etzkorn concludes that the ten questions appear to be...

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Engels | Latijn | 120 pagina's (PDF, 3,4 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Henricus Gandavensis Henrici de Gandavo Summa

(quaestiones ordinariae), art. XLVII-LII

Volume 30 of the Henrici de Gandavo Opera Omnia series is devoted to Henry's Summa quaestionum ordinariarum, articles 47-52. This section of Henry's Summa deals with the action of the (divine) will; the divine will in relation to the divine intellect; divine beatitude; passion in relation to the divine being; the differences between the divine attributes; and the order of the divine attributes. The critical edition of the text is accompanied by a detailed introduction to the manuscripts and to Henry's...

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Latijn | Engels | 356 pagina's (PDF, 9,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Henricus Gandavensis Henrici de Gandavo Summa

(Quaestiones ordinariae), art. LIII-LV

Critical study of the 'second part' of Henry's Summa devoted to the Persons of the Trinity. Henry of Ghent's Summa, art. 53-55, was composed shortly after Christmas of 1281, at the height of Henry's teaching career in the Theology Faculty at the University in Paris. These questions, which begin the 'second part' of his Summa, are devoted to the Persons of the Trinity. They contain Henry's philosophical analyses of the theoretical concepts person, relation, and universals. The text has been reconstructed...

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Latijn | Engels | 512 pagina's (PDF, 6,5 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017

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Henricus Gandavensis Henrici de Gandavo Quodlibet IV

Henry of Ghent, the most influential philosopher/theologian of the last quarter of the 13th century at Paris, delivered his fourth Quodlibet during 1279. This Quodlibet was written at the beginning of what could be called the height of his career. In total there are 37 questions, which cover a wide range of topics, including theories in theology, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical anthropology, ethics, and canon law. In these questions Henry presents his mature thought concerning the number...

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Engels | Latijn | 450 pagina's (PDF, 14 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017

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John Barclay Icon animorum or The mirror of minds

Original Latin text with English translation on facing pages. In this essay from 1614 the Neo-Latin poet, translator, and commentator John Barclay describes the manners and mores of his European contemporaries. He derives the sources of an individual's peculiarities of behavior and temperament from the 'genius' - the individual character created by each person's upbringing, time of life, and profession. Barclay likewise describes each nation's genius, its national character, and provides some of...

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Engels | Latijn | 380 pagina's (PDF, 1,7 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Juan Maldonado Spanish humanism on the verge of the picaresque: Juan Maldonado's Ludus chartarum, Pastor bonus, and Bacchanalia

The 16th-century humanist Juan Maldonado in his Latin essays foreshadows the Spanish picaresque. Like Erasmus, with whom he corresponded,Maldonado advocated the use of Latin in a wide-range of activities. Maldonado's Pastor Bonus, a lengthy open letter to a bishop, reviews in a vivid and satirical style the abuses of the churchmen in his diocese. His ludus chartarum is framed as a colloquium similar to Vives' on the subject, entertaining while teaching a Latin terminology for card playing. His Bacchanalia,...

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Latijn | Engels | 298 pagina's (PDF, 14 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Magdalena Bieniak The soul-body problem at Paris, ca. 1200-1250

Hugh of St-Cher and his contemporaries

The soul-body problem was among the most controversial issues discussed in 13th century Europe, and it continues to capture much attention today as the quest to understand human identity becomes more and more urgent. What made the discussion about this problem particularly interesting in the scholastic period was the tension between the traditional dualist doctrines and a growing need to affirm the unity of the human being. This debate is frequently interpreted as a conflict between the 'new' philosophy,...

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Engels | Latijn | 264 pagina's (PDF, 5,6 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Andrea Alciati Andreae Alciati contra vitam monasticam epistula

Criticism of monastic life by one of Europe's major Renaissance figures. In his letter Against Monastic Life (1514-17) Andrea Alciato, an Italian jurist and writer famous for his Emblemata, urges his friend Bernardus Mattius to reconsider his choice of monastic life. Alciato makes his argument by criticizing religious superstition, the Church's hierarchy, and monastic practices, particularly the Franciscans' hypocrisy, wealth, and divisiveness. Instead, he defends a stoic, civic humanism. Due to...

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Latijn | Engels | 144 pagina's (PDF, 2 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017

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Aulularia and other inversions of Plautus

First critical edition of Burmeister's newly discovered Aulularia. Joannes Burmeister of Lüneburg (1576-1638) was among the greatest Neo-Latin poets of the German Baroque. His masterpieces, now mostly lost, are Christian 'inversions' of the Classical Roman comedies of Plautus. With only minimal changes in language and none in meter, each transforms Plautus's pagan plays into comedies based on biblical themes. Fascinating in their own right, they also bring back to attention forgotten genres of Renaissance...

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Engels | Latijn | Duits | 292 pagina's (PDF, 1,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Juan Carlos Flores Henry of Ghent: metaphysics and the trinity

with a critical edition of question six of article fifty-five of the Summa Quaestionum Ordinariarum

The book elucidates Henry of Ghent's philosophical and theological system with special reference to his trinitarian writings. It demonstrates the fundamental role of the Trinity in Henry's philosophy and theology. It also shows how Henry (d. 1293), the most influential theologian of his day at Paris, developed the Augustinian tradition in seminal ways in response to the Aristotelian tradition, especially Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274). Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

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Engels | Latijn | 247 pagina's (PDF, 1 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017

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Franciscus de Marchia Reportatio IIA

(Quaestiones in secundum librum Sententiarum) qq. 1-12

This commentary exists in two versions: The major version is contained in 17 manuscripts and the critical edition of it is being prepared by a team of specialists led by Prof. Tiziana Suarez-Nani of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. A minor version is found in one Vatican manuscript and is being edited by Prof. Em. Girard J. Etzkorn. The texts edited in this volume all deal with creation, and investigate such central philosophical and theological issues as action, production, and causality,...

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Engels | Latijn | 364 pagina's (PDF, 3,5 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Franciscus de Marchia Reportatio IIA

(Quaestiones in secundum librum Sententiarum) qq. 13-27

The texts edited in this volume deal with angelology and anthropology, and particularly with the nature and the functions of immaterial substances like angels and the human rational soul. Marchia discusses such controversial issues as universal hylomorphism, i.e., whether angels and the rational soul are composed of both matter and form (q. 13), the immortality of the soul (qq. 18-19), and the nature and the object of the intellect and will (qq. 20, 21), as well as the functionality of the angelic...

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Engels | Latijn | 413 pagina's (PDF, 5,2 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Petrus Thomae Petri Thomae quaestiones de esse intelligibili

First critical edition of Petrus Thomae's theory of non-causal dependence. This work of Scotist metaphysics is an investigation into the ultimate constitution of things. In the course of this treatise, Petrus Thomae examines whether the essences of things ultimately depend on being thought of by God for their very intelligibility or whether they have it of themselves. Defending in detail the second option, Peter argues that creatures exist independently of the divine intellect in the divine essence....

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Engels | Latijn | 328 pagina's (PDF, 2,7 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Terence Tunberg De rationibus quibus homines docti artem Latine colloquendi et ex tempore dicendi saeculis XVI et XVII coluerunt

Study of conversational Latin and ex tempore expression in Latin. The use of Latin for conversation and ex tempore discourse was a significant element in the culture of learned people in the humanist age and the early modern era. This book explores that phenomenon and the considerable amount of evidence pertaining to it in the primary sources written in the period. The author takes into account the use of spoken Latin both inside and outside the academic world. Examining disputes over pronunciation...

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Latijn | 140 pagina's (PDF, 1,3 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017

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