Nicholas De Orbellis [Nicolas D'Orbellis], O.F.M. (C.1400-1475)

Expositio in IV Sententiarum Libros

      Francisci Fradin, 1503. [BOUND WITH: ] ARMANDUS DE BELLOVISU [ARMAND DE BELVEZER], O.P. (d.c.1334). De declaratione difficilium terminorum theologie philosophie atque logice. (Venetiis: per Jacobum Pencium de Leucho, 1507). 8vo (15.8 x 11.2cm), [a-z8 + 24ll. + A-X8 + aa-kk8 + 4ll. ] & [a-r8]. Newly rebound in full calf, with gilt lettering on spine, three large raised bands. Numerous wood-cut initials, occasional contemporary marginal annotations. Worming in margins of first two leaves. First title-page bears a library stamp. Slight water-staining to upper corner of first several leaves of first title. Nicholas de Orbellis was a Franciscan theologian and philosopher, and a renowned Scotist in his own day. His exposition on the Four Books of Sentences, a compilation based on that of Bl. Scotus, was his chief work. Armandus de Bellovisu was a mediaeval Dominican theologian and one of Aquinas' early disciples. He served as Master of the Sacred Palace under Pope John XXII.