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Quaestio utrum ignis ardeat sub terra
- In the absence of precise indications regarding the dating of the work, the dates refer to the period of the author’s activity.
- On fol. 181vb, Anselmus de Cumis is mentioned as recollector
- Maier suggests that this question, along with the previous one (Quaestio utrum vapor elevatus a vino si condensetur, vertatur in naturam aque vel vini), likely belongs to a commentary on Meteorologica by Matheus de Eugubio (Maier 1944: 144, note 1).
- C. Piana demonstrates that this question is a reportatio of the 25th question from a commentary on Meteorologica by Matthaeus de Eugubio (Piana 1948: 233-234).
Studies
- Maier A., Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des italienischen Averroismus im 14. Jh., «Quellen und Forschungen aus den italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken» 1944: 144, ft. 1
- Maier A., Eine italienische Averroistenschule aus der ersten Hälfte des 14. Jahrhunderts, in “Die Vorläufer Galileis im 14. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Naturphilosophie der Spätscholastik”, Roma 1949: 251-278
- Ermatinger C.J., Averroism in Early Fourteenth Century Bologna, “Mediaeval Studies” 16, 1954: 40
- Piana C., Nuovo contributo allo studio delle correnti dottrinali nell’Università di Bologna nel sec. XIV, “Antonianum” 18, 1948: 221-254: 233-234
Questio est utrum ignis ardeat sub terra. Et arguitur quod non […]
Explicitur questio disputata per magistrum Matheum de Eugubio super 2° Metheorum recollecta per Anselmum de Cumis.
Francesco De Benedittis