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Mathaeus de Eugubio

Alternative names

Matheus de Eugubio

Matheus de Ugubio

Matthaeus Maei de Egubio

Matthaeus de Augubio

Disciplines

Logic

Natural Philosophy

Philosophy

Period of activity

1321 - 1347

Teaching locations

Bologna

  • His scholarly work is extensive, focusing on Aristotle’s commentaries. He is confirmed to have commented on Categories, Perihermeneias, Analytica Posteriora (cf. Rossi 1992), Meteorologica (cf. Panzica 2020; Piana 1948), Physica, as claimed by Matteo himself in the Codex, Ott. lat. 318, f. 22vb (ed. Kuksewicz 1965, p. 266).
  • Following Alessandro Ghisalberti’s confirmation, his Commentary cum quaestionibus on De Anima is attributed to him (Codex Fesulano 161, ff. 84v-103v; Ghisalberti 1981).
  • A 1451 catalog from the Biblioteca Capitolare di Bologna attributes to him a commentary on De memoria et reminiscentia (Piana 1948, p. 229). A later catalog, compiled thirty years afterward, credits him with a commentary on Metaphysica.
  • 1321: first documented mention of his academic activity: designated as a substitute lecturer in logic and philosophy at the Studium of Perugia, replacing Baldo di Bastiano da Gubbio if the latter declined the position.
  • 1327: appears as doctor in logicha in a document detailing a contract with Giuliano de’ Preunti for renting a house where he would conduct his logic school, located within the parish of S. Antonino.
  • 1333: Anselmo da Como serves as recollector (equivalent to reportator) for a quaestio disputata by Matteo titled An poli mundi sint mobiles (ed. Kuksewicz 1965, pp. 222-226).
  • 1334: another quaestio is recorded: Qua unitate ipsum apparens, puta sentire, sit unum (ed. Kuksewicz 1965, pp. 227-231).
  • 1338: Mentioned in payment records as a lecturer in logic, philosophy, and physics (also recorded in the years 1343-1347).
  • Swore allegiance to Taddeo Pepoli, along with other masters, agreeing not to leave the studium during its temporary relocation to Castel S. Pietro.
  • 1341: Engaged in a disputation with Walter Burley, documented in Codex Vat. lat. 3066, ff. 7vb-8va.
  • 1346: On February 10, he receives money for renting a plot of land and is noted as residing in the chapel of S. Prospero.
  • Quaestio an lumen ponatur propter medium
  • Quaestio an in maiori quanto sint plures partes eiusdem proportionis
  • Quaeritur an poli mundi sint mobiles vel omnino immobiles
  • Quaestio utrum, qua unitate ipsum apparens, puta sentire, sit unum
  • Quaestio utrum actus intelligendi fiat in instanti
  • Quaestio utrum actus intelligendi, quo intelligentia intelligit deum, sit idem cum deo
  • Quaestio utrum aliqua species posit imprimi in memoria
  • Quaestio utrum cogitativa sit reflexiva supra suam essentiam vel supra suum actum
  • Quaestio utrum figura sit sensibilis per se
  • Quaestio utrum magnitudo sit sensibilis per se
  • Quaestio utrum illud quod intelligunt motores celorum seu orbium sit unum vel aliud et aliud
  • Quaestio utrum infinitum possit dici maius aliquo
  • Quaestio utrum intellectus et voluntas intellectiva essentialiter sint idem
  • Quaestio utrum intellectus possit intelligere plura simul ut plura
  • Quaestio utrum intelligentia intelligat motum celi
  • Quaestio utrum omnes homines naturaliter scire desiderent
  • Quaestio utrum omnia eveniant de necessitate
  • Quaestio utrum similitudo rei seu species sit eiusdem speciei seu essentie cum re ipsa
  • Quaestio utrum sit dare intellectum agentem vel propter quid ponatur, si ponitur
  • Quaestio utrum species vel imago, que est organum mediante quo aliqua res cognoscitur, utrum etiam pro tunc illa species cognoscitur
  • Quaestio utrum visio seu actus videndi fiat per extramissionem spirituum visualium vel per receptionem et intromissionem spiecierum et ydolarum causatarum a re visa
  • Reportata super Porphyrium
  • Reportata super Praedicamenta
  • Quaestiones super Porphyrium
  • Quaestiones super libello de memoria et reminiscentia Aristotelis
  • Quaestio utrum vapor elevatus a vino si condensetur, vertatur in naturam aque vel vini
  • Quaestio utrum ignis ardeat sub terra
  • Master (magister) of Anselmus de Guittis de Cumis
  • Pupil (discipulus) of Thaddaeus de Parma
    • Ermatinger C. J., Averroism in Early Fourteenth Century Bologna, “Mediaeval Studies” 16 (1954): 35-56.
    • Ghisalberti A., Le “Questiones de anima” attribuite a Matteo da Gubbio, Milano 1981: 41-50.
    • Kuksewicz Z., Averroïsme Bolonais au XIVe siècle. Edition des textes, Wroclaw-Varsovie-Cracovie 1965.
    • Panzica A., Un testimone italiano della filosofia naturale di Alberto di Sassonia: i marginalia del codice Fesul. 161 della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana di Firenze, “Medioevo” 45 (2020): 309-327.
    • Piana C., Nuovo contributo allo studio delle correnti dottrinali nell’Università di Bologna nel sec. XIV, “Antonianum” 18 (1948): 221-254.
    • Piana C., Nuovi documenti sull’Università di Bologna e sul Collegio di Spagna, Bologna 1976: 8.
    • Rossi P. B., Il commento di Matteo da Gubbio agli Analitici secondi, in “L’insegnamento della logica a Bologna nel XIV secolo”, Bologna 1992: 461–495.
    • Tabarroni A., Notizie biografiche su alcuni maestri di arti e medicina attivi nello “Studium” bolognese nel XIV secolo, in “L’insegnamento della logica a Bologna nel XIV secolo”, Bologna 1992:614–615.
    Jacopo Lohs