A Catalogue of Medieval British Manuscripts Containing Commentaries on Aristotle
This is a series of definitive Latin texts which are essential for the study of medieval British thought; some of which are to be published online.
Project
Academic field
arts-humanities.net
Principal investigator
Dr Charles Burnett
Principal project staff
Professor Charles Stuart Freeman Burnett
Start date
Tuesday, July 1, 2003
Completion date
Wednesday, September 1, 2004
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"The project exists to publish editions of texts bringing to a wider audience some of the remarkable achievements of medieval scholars and thinkers in Britain whose writings have not previously received the modern editorial recognition that they have deserved. Among the greatest figures some of whose writings have appeared in the series are St Anselm (c.1033-1109), Archbishop of Canterbury, and Robert Grosseteste (c.1175-1253), Bishop of Lincoln. The Committee also oversees a sub-committee working to produce a Catalogue of Medieval British Manuscripts containing Commentaries on Aristotle. Aristotelian thought was a very important element in the teaching given in medieval universities and such teaching often took the form of commentaries, of which relatively few have been printed" (see project web site for more details).
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