Petrus, Comestor, fl 12th century (French theological writer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: fl 12th century - 1199
Biography
Petrus Comestor was a French religious writer and university administrator, born in Troyes. He was a member of the Church of Notre-Dame. His nickname "Comestor" related to his thirst for knowledge and learning. His best known work, the Historia Scholastica, was composed for students. His death date is uncertain, being variously given from 1160 to 1198
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Bible Historiale by Guyart des Moulins, 1314-1315
Item
Identifier: MS 19
Contents
This manuscript is the earliest dated copy of the Bible Historiale of Guyart Desmoulins. It is a French translation of the Historia Scholastica of Petrus Comestor (which was originally in Latin), combined with the first full translation of the vulgate Bible into French. Guyart Desmoulins originally translated this in circa 1295. Because the Bible Historiale is in the vernacular, it made both...
Dates:
1314-1315
Historia Scholastica by Petrus Comestor , 13th century
Item
Identifier: MS 17
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains the Historia Scholastica, an abridged version of the Bible written around 1170 by Petrus Comestor for the students of the cathedral school of Paris. The text consists in the retelling of stories (hence the name historia) taken from the Bible and in their explanation. It became an essential part of the curriculum of the theological school and greatly influenced popular Bibles produced in the 13th and...
Dates:
13th century
Historia Scholastica by Petrus Comestor , 13h century
Item
Identifier: MS 18
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains the Historia Scholastica, an abridged version of the Bible written around 1170 by Petrus Comestor for the students of the cathedral school of Paris. The text consists in the retelling of stories (hence the name historia) taken from the Bible and in their explanation. It became an essential part of the curriculum of the theological school and greatly influenced popular Bibles produced in the 13th and...
Dates:
13h century
Historia Scholastica by Petrus Comestor [fragment] , 13th-14th century
part
Identifier: MS 107/ff. 61r-62v
Contents
This section is an excerpt from the Historia Scholastica by Petrus Comestor. This text is a biblical paraphrase originally written in the 12th century and sometimes called the “Medieval Popular Bible”. This excerpt contains the parables of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son.It begins on f. 61r and is titled De parabola ovis et dragine et filii prodigi. It starts with the words ...
Dates:
13th-14th century
Life of the Virgin [Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis], 13th century
part
Identifier: MS 21/ff. 1r-96v
Scope and Contents
The Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis ('Book of the praises of the Virgin Mary') has been attributed to the Dominican friar Vincent de Beauvais (died c. 1264).Prologue: on f. 1r. It is introduced by the rubricated words Incipit prologue in librum sequentem, begins with Quoniam de gestis beatissime Virginis Dei genetricis ad modum pauca in evangelica reperiuntur...
Dates:
13th century
Little Office of Our Lady [Little office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Breviary. Latin], 13th century
part
Identifier: MS 21/ff. 97r-118r
Contents
This section of the manuscript contains the Little office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It starts on f.97r and ends on f.118r with the words que tua sit pietas, nee littera nee dabit etas.
Dates:
13th century
Verses in praise of the Virgin by Petrus Comestor, 15th century
part
Identifier: MS 110/f. 227v
Contents
This folio, f. 227v, contains some verses in praise of the Virgin by Petrus Comestor, who was a 12th-century French theological writer.This first part of this section is titled Petrus comestor composuit hos versus ad laudem vergs. It starts with the verse Si fieri posset quod harene pulvis et unde.The second part of this section is titled Quidam devotus pater composuit duos...
Dates:
15th century