Robert Grosseteste at Munich : the Abbreviatio by Frater Andreas, O.F.M., of the commentaries by Robert Grosseteste on the Pseudo-Dionysius / edition, translation, and introduction by James McEvoy [d.] ; prepared for publication by Philipp W. Rosemann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Dallas medieval texts and translations ; 14.

Dallas medieval texts and translations ; 14

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253--Criticism and interpretation.

Grosseteste, Robert.

Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite.

Pseudo-Dionysius.

Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 131 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Paris ; Leuven : Peeters, 2012.

Language Note:

Text in Latin, with facing English translation; introduction in English.

Summary:

"Robert Grosseteste at Munich contains an edition, translation, and careful study of a short and hitherto completely neglected text from a manuscript in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, MS. clm 8827. This codex--a collection of extracts from a broad range of texts conducive to spiritual contemplation--includes an abbreviatio of Robert Grosseteste's commentaries on the corpus dionysiacum. Professor McEvoy's detailed introduction identifies the author of the abridgment as one Friar Andreas, a Franciscan of the southern German province who worked in the second quarter of the fifteenth century. McEvoy is able to identify a series of early owners of the codex, which turns out to be intimately connected with the history of the Franciscan community at Munich--indeed, with the history of Munich itself. For, as McEvoy shows, MS. clm 8827 did not remain unaffected by historical turning-points such as the secularization of 1802 and even World War II. Friar Andreas's text is accompanied by the glosses of 'Finehand', a mystically inclined mind who may well have been a Franciscan nun. Finehand represents another layer in the tradition of the reception of the Pseudo-Dionysius, and of Robert Grosseteste's commentary upon the Pseudo-Dionysius, which this volume minutely chronicles"--P. [4] of cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Codicology

1.Description of MS. clm 8827

2.List of the Works Excerpted

3.Ownership Marks

3.1.Nicholas Eiffler, O.F.M. Obs

3.2.Johannes Haydl, O.F.M. Conv

4.Origins of the Codex: A Hypothesis

5.The Franciscan Community and Church in Munich

6.The Franciscan Library Cataloging Marks

7.The Secularization: March to June 1802

8.The Bavarian State Library

8.1.Johann Andreas Schmeller (1785-1852) and the Former Franciscan Manuscripts

8.2.Paul Ruf (1890-1964) and World War II

pt. II Palaeography

1.The Excerptor and Scribe: Frater Andreas, O.F.M.

2.The Glosses by "Finehand"

2.1.From Aristotle to Dionysius

2.2.Gloss Listing the Grades of Contemplation

2.3.The Scholastic Divisions of the Intellect

2.4.Spiritual Knowledge and Rapture

3.Vale Andreas

pt. III The Edition

1.Principles of the Edition

2.Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Contains Latin text edition, with English translation and introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9789042925601

9042925604

OCLC:

785864993

Publisher Number:

99996040773