Thomas, Aquinas, ? 1225-1274 (Saint)

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Dates

Existence: 1225? - 1274

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

De divinis moribus by Pseudo-Thomas Aquinas, 15th century

part

Identifier: MS 110/ff. 196r-204v

Contents This section contains De divinis moribus (The Ways of God), wrongly attributed to Thomas Aquinas. It was probably actually written by Thomas Waleys, a Dominican master of Theology at Oxford University, in the 15th century.In this manuscript, the text is titled Tractatus beati thome de aquino de divinis moribus and begins on f. 196r with the words Perfecti...

Dates: 15th century

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

De Judiciis Astrorum by Thomas Aquinas, 1457

Part

Identifier: MS 112/f. 324r

Scope and Contents

This is a copy of De Judiciis Astrorum ('On the Judgement of the Stars') by St Thomas Aquinas, which is a short text writeen ca 1268-72 on the physical influences of stars, on the legitimacy of astronomy and the dangers of astrology, and the risk to be duped by the Devil.

Dates: 1457

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript containing twenty-two texts

De Motu Cordis by St Thomas Aquinas, 1457

Part

Identifier: MS 112/ff. 324v-325r

Scope and Contents Incomplete copy of De Motu Cordis ('On the Motion of the Heart') by St Thomas Aquinas. It starts on f. 324v with the words 'Quoniam omne quod movetur necesse est habere motorem...', and ends incompletely on f. 325r with the words 'unde proveniunt in ipsa diversae apprehensiones et affectiones.'. Someone added the comment 'hic est defectus' ('here is an absence,...

Dates: 1457

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript containing twenty-two texts

Summa contra Gentiles by Thomas Aquinas, 1 September 1466

Item

Identifier: MS 75

Contents 15th century Italian manuscript of Thomas Aquinas's Summa contra Gentiles, also known as Liber de Veritate Catholicae Fidei contra Errores infidelium, among other names, originally written during circa 1259-1265. A theological treatise devoted to explaining core beliefs of the Catholic faith to infidels, and to providing a philosophical defense for arguments against the doctrine. This copy was done in Vigevano, Italy, by the...

Dates: 1 September 1466

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Tractatus de lapide philosophico by Pseudo-Thomas Aquinas, 1478

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Identifier: MS 131/ff. 1r-5v

Contents The Tractatus de lapide philosophico is a treatise on the Philosoper's Stone, the legendary alchemic substance which was supposed to transform a base metal into a precious one, i.e. gold or silver. The treatise was attributed to the famous philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), but intertextual relationships with other texts suggest a date of composition after 1351-52, well after his death. The attribution to Thomas Aquinas might have been...

Dates: 1478