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Hugh, of Saint-Victor, ? 1096-1141 (scholar, philosopher and abbot of Saint Victor in Paris)

 Person

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Dates

  • Existence: ? 1096 - 1141

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

De Tribus Diebus by Hugh of Saint Victor

 part
Identifier: MS 105/ff. 1r-12v
Contents This section of the manuscript contains De Tribus Diebus by Hugh of Saint Victor, a canon regular and influential theologian of the Catholic Church. In De Tribus Diebus, Hugh provides us with an exegetical analysis of God’s creation in the Genesis. There is chart on a fly-leaf at the beginning of the manuscript that seems to portray a certain cosmological or conceptual hierarchy.The...
Dates: 11th-12th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including two texts