NICOLAUS OF See also:

• LYRA (" The Harp ")

LYRA (c. 1265–1349)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French commentator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Lire, now Vieille-See also:

• LYRE (Gr. Xupa)

Lyre, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• EURE

Eure, See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy . He entered the Franciscan See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order at See also:

• VERNEUIL
• VERNEUIL, PHILLIPPE EDOUARD POULLETIER DE (180 1873)

Verneuil about 1300, and studied at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where, becoming a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time before 1309, he taught for many years . From 1319 he was provincial of his order in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and was See also:

• PRESENT

present in that capacity at the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter at Perouse (1321) . In 1325 he was provincial of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, and as executor of the See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of Jeanne of Burgundy, widow of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip VI., he founded the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of Burgundy at Paris, where he died in the autumn of 1349, being buried in the chapter See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall of the See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of the See also:

• CORDELIERS, CLUB OF THE

Cordeliers . Among the See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic See also:

• WORKS

works of Nicolaus of See also:

• LYRA (" The Harp ")

Lyra are: (I) two commentaries on the whole See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, one (Postilla litteralis, 1322–1331) following the literal sense, the other (Postilla mystica seu moralis, 1339) following the mystic sense . There are numerous See also:

• EDITIONS

editions (See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, 1471–1472; See also:

• DOUAI

Douai, 1617; See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp, 1634) . (2) Tractatus de differentia nostrae translationis (i.e . See also:

• VULGATE (from Lat. vulgus, the common people)

Vulgate) ab Hebraica veritate, 1333 . (3) Two See also:

• TREATISES

treatises against the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews . (4) A theological See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the Beatific See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

Vision, directed against See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John XXII . (1334), unpublished . (5) Contemplatio de vita S .

Francisci, a See also:

• BOOK

book of devotions . Nicolaus was above all a commentator . His exegesis, which was dominated by his polemics against the Jews, is characterized by a fidelity to the literal sense, the comparison with the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text, the See also:

• DIRECT

direct use of Jewish commentators, a very See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent attitude toward% traditional interpretations, and a remarkable See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical and See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical sense . In all this he resembled See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

Bacon . His works, especially the Postilla litteralis, were very popular in the 14th and 15th centuries, but produced few imitators . In addition to the notices in See also:

• WADDING, LUKE (1588–1657)

Wadding, du Moustier, Sbaraglia and See also:

• FABRICIUS, GAIUS LUSCINUS (i.e. " the one-eyed ")
• FABRICIUS, GEORG (1516-1571)
• FABRICIUS, HIERONYMUS
• FABRICIUS, JOHANN ALBERT (1668-1736)
• FABRICIUS, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (1745-18o8)

Fabricius, see C . Siegfried, in Archiv. f. wissenschaftliche Erforschung See also:

• DES

des A.T., vols. i., ii.; A . Merx, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Prophetie des See also:

• JOEL
• JOEL, MANUEL (1826–189o)

Joel and ihre Ausleger (1879, pp . 305-366); M . See also:

• FISCHER
• FISCHER, EMIL (1852– )
• FISCHER, ERNST KUNO BERTHOLD (1824–1907)

Fischer in Jahrbiicher f. protestantische Theologie, xv.; F . Maschkowski, in Zeitschrift f. alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, xv.; See also:

• NEUMANN, FRANZ ERNST (1798-1895)
• NEUMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1793-1870)

Neumann in Revue des etudes juives, vols . 26 and 27; H .

Labrosse in Positions des theses de l'Ecole des Chartes (1906) .