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Cambiolus Bononiensis

Alternative names

Cambiolo da Bologna

Cambiolo de Bologne

Cambiolus de Bologne

Cambius Bononiensis

Disciplines

Natural Philosophy

Period of activity

1333

Teaching locations

Bologna

  • 1333: determines a quaestio (‘Utrum elementa maneant in mixto secundum proprias formas aut solum secundum esse virtuale’) in Bologna.
  • Accountant/writing-master (Reportator/Recollector) of Thaddaeus de Parma
    • Cambiolus Bononiensis has been the focus of attention in the literature because of a reference to Sigerus de Brabantia that appears in an anonymous quaestio (possibly originating from a commentary on Aristotle’s Physics) attributed to him (Maier 1956: 307; 1967: 262-63).
    • Not to be confused with Cambio Zambeccari, a jurist who lived around 1350 (Maier 1944: 148, n5; 1949: 264, n39; 1956: 304).
    • Ermatinger, C. J., Some Unstudied Sources for the History of Philosophy in the Fourteenth Century Manuscripta, “A Journal for Manuscript Research Turnhout 14, 1970.
    • Ermatinger, C. J., Averroism in Early Fourteenth Century Bologna, “Mediaeval Studies” 16, 1954.
    • Kuksewicz, Z., De Siger de Brabant à Jacques de Plaisance. La théorie de l’intellect chez les averroïstes latins des XIIIe et XIVe siècles, Wroclaw 1968.
    • Kuksewicz, Z., Averroistic 14th Century Bolognese Texts in the MS BJ 742, “Mediaevalia philosophica Polonorum Warszawa 29, 1988.
    • Kuksewicz, Z., Der lateinische Averroismus im Mittelalter und in der Früh-Renaissance, in “Philosophy and Learning. Universities in the Middle Ages”, Leiden-New York-Köln 1995.
    • Maier, A., Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des italienischen Averroismus, im XIV. Jh.,  in “Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken“, Rome 1944.
    • Maier, A., Verschollene Aristoteleskommentare des 14. Jahrhunderts, in “Autour d’Aristote. Recueil d’études de philosophie ancienne et médiévale offert à monseigneur A. Mansion“, Louvain 1955.
    • Maier, A., Die Bologneser Philosophen des 14. Jahrhunderts, in “Studi e memorie per la storia dell’Università di Bologna”, Bologna 1956.
    • Saccenti R., Understanding and Acting: Deliberation, the Practical Intellect, and Moral Science at the University of Bologna (Gentile da Cingoli, Angelo d’Arezzo, and Cambiolo da Bologna), in Michalowska M. – Fedriga R. (eds.), “Willing and Understanding: Late Medieval Debates on the Will, the Intellect, and Practical Knowledge”, Leiden 2023: 84-105
    Matteo Stettler