Skip to main content

Petrus, Comestor, fl 12th century (French theological writer)

 Person

Staff Only

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 1 Collection or Record:

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including three texts