Archeology of a text: the transmission of the Latin Maimonides’ Dux neutrorum

Authors

  • Peter Ivaneck``y Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Keywords:

Dux neutrorum, Maimonides, Latin Translations, Guide of the Perplexed

Abstract

This article aspires to be a contribution to research on Latin translations of Maimonides, especially as it relates to the translation of Moreh Nevukhim named Dux neutrorum. Within this research we postulate a new hypothesis: the Roman origin of Dux neutrorum, and some investigative clues in Spanish catalogs covering historic Jewish translation area. Our intention is to show a possible relationship between the Hebrew manuscript of Al-Harizi and the mention of «cardinal romanus» present in one of the first incomplete Latin translation of Dux neutrorum, i.e., in the Liber de parabola. In this sense, we bracket the strongest historical hypotheses the ‘Provence’ and ‘Sicilian’ however not discarding their strong arguments.

Author Biography

Peter Ivaneck``y, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Magíster en Historia de Filosofía, Doctorando en Universidad Alberto Hurtado en Santiago (Chile) y profesor instructor en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (Chile).

Published

01-07-2019

How to Cite

Ivaneck``y, P. (2019). Archeology of a text: the transmission of the Latin Maimonides’ Dux neutrorum . Scripta Mediaevalia, 12(1), 13–30. Retrieved from https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/scripta/article/view/2609

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