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Taking another look at the Pastoral Eye. New insights based upon a second copy of the Oculus pastoralis
(Editions Scientifiques E Story Scientia, 2018-04-23)This article focuses on the opening text of a miscellany held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, BNF, lat. 4686). Upon closer examination the text turns out to be a missing copy of the Oculus pastoralis, ... -
Brunetto Latini’s Politica: A Political Rewriting of Giovanni da Viterbo’s De Regimine Civitatum
It is generally accepted that the final section of Brunetto Latini’s Li Livres dou Tresor, known as his Politica, is largely based upon Giovanni da Viterbo’s De regimine civitatum. Notwithstanding this agreement on the ... -
Bishop Bartholomew of Exeter (d. 1184) and the heresy of astrology
In the late twelfth century, Bartholomew, bishop of Exeter (1161-84), identified astrology as the most serious heresy facing the English Church. The evidence of Bartholomew’s writing suggests that astrology became more ...
