Corpus Christianorum. Petrus Abaelardus Opera theologica V Expositio in Hexameron. Abbreviatio Petri Abaelardi expositionis in Hexameron, Tapa dura -

Brepols, 2004. ~TITLE CONTINUES: Abbreviatio Petri Abaelardi Expositionis in Hexameron edita a Charles Burnett, auxilium praestante David Luscombe (Corpus Christianorum: Continuatio Mediaevalis XV). ~As new. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request.. Hardback. Fine. lxxxvi, 170pp. No dustwrapper. No ownership marks. Binding tight, text unmarked.

Brepols, Turnhout, 2004. LXXXVI,170p. Original gilt titled erra cotta cloth. Series: Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis, XV. Nice copy.

Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2004. Latin Text. Turnhout, 2004; hardback, pp. 140, cm 15x25.

Turnhout Brepols 2004. Hardback, LXXXVI+172 p., 2 b/w ill., 155 x 245 mm. ISBN 9782503031514. These two editions present Peter Abelard's Exposition of the Biblical Hexameron and a work which is a shorter version of this and which is usually called an Abbreviation. In his Exposition, which is much influenced by the commentaries of St Augustine, Abelard gives priority to the historical and literal sense and attempts a naturalistic explanation of the process of creation while retaining symbolic and moral interpretations. Like his contemporaries, William of Conches and Thierry of Chartres, Abelard shows an especial interest in Plato's Timaeus, in chaos theory, in the four elements, and in the anima mundi. But his Exposition is also a profoundly religious work. The manuscripts and the contributions of their various scribes are closely examined in an Introduction in which the possibility is considered that one of these scribes may be Abelard himself. Additions and changes made by the scribes are… Leer más