Description: Mise au point définitive de l'épisode central de la transmission du savoir grec en Occident.Les relations entre la bibliothèque papale à la fin du XIIIe siècle et le célèbre traducteur Guillaume de Moerbeke constituent l'épisode central de la transmission du savoir grec en Occident. Ce livre présente une mise au point définitive de la question...
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Acerbi's and Vuillemin-Diem's enquiry into Plut. 87.25 offers an example of a fruitful methodology of study whose basic premise is to consider a manuscript as a historical document with many values. One may examine the content of the manuscript, which illuminates the philosophical "acculturation" of medieval Latin Europe, particularly in the second half of the thirteenth century. The importance of Aristotle's De anima and of the series of Greek and Arabic commentaries for the development of philosophical and theological discourse between the middle of the thirteenth century and the middle of the fourteenth century requires us to reconsider Moerbeke's contribution in shaping a crucial part of the medieval Latin philosophical language. In this respect, the Florentine manuscript should be considered a relevant document for European intellectual history, providing the opportunity to study the translation activity of William of Moerbeke, improving our understanding of his role as a cultural mediator between the Greek philosophical world and Latin Europe. However, Acerbi's and Vuillemin-Diem's research adds a further perspective. The identification of the origin of Plut. 87.25, which was one of the manuscripts of the Greek collection of Boniface VIII, links it to the papal library, whose development was deeply involved in the political relations and diplomatic exchanges between Rome and Constantinople. These became a crucial 'door' by which philosophical culture entered into Latin Europe.
Riccardo Sacceti, BMCR 2020.06.32, https: //bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2020/2020.06.32/