ABSTRACT

Scientia libri de anima (ed. Alonso 1941: 21). 12 de Rijk 1970: 141. 13 Antonio 1696/1788: 2.74; Alonso, Prólogo. Pedro Hispano, in Petrus Hispanus,

Scientia libri de anima (ed. Alonso 1941: 21).

Introduction 5

14 de Rijk 1970: 141, 143-4. de Rijk offers part of Peter’s bull Flumen aque vive, promulgated in April 1277 and received by the Bishop of Paris, and with reference to his university, Peter writes: … etiam singularis quem ad idem, ab olim, concepimus Studium affectus accendit. In illius manque laribus ab annis teneris diucius observati variis scienciis inibi studiose vacavimus et, per annos plurimos secus decursus sedentes ipsarum, sapidissima earum libamenta gustavimus…; de Rijk enumerates the sciences that the author had a command of: liberal arts, philosophy and medicine.