A P P E N D I X I

A N o t e o n th e A v a ila b ility o f
d ’A illy ’s W ritin g s o n A s tro lo g y

B ecause of d ’A illy’s g reat re p u ta tio n b o th b e fo re a n d after his d eath , m an y o f

his w o rk s w e re e d ite d in th e early years o f p rin tin g and in su b se q u e n t centuries
as w ell. A lth o u g h th e d e m a n d was g reatest fo r d ’A illy’s p h ilo so p h ical, th e o lo g i­
cal, an d ecclesiological w ritin g s, his m a jo r astrological treatises survive in at least
tw o incun ab lcs. (S alem bier alludes to a th ird e d itio n , b u t it is n o t clear th a t any
copies o f this p rin tin g rem ain .) H is astrological w o rk s also circu lated w id ely in
m an u scrip t fo rm , g en erally all g ro u p e d to g e th e r w ith o th e r w o rk s on like sub­
je c ts .1 F o r m o st o f d ’A illy’s scientific treatises, o n e has a w id e c h o ic e o f w h e re
to read th e m .
W h a t follow s is a h ig h ly selective in v e n to ry o f m y o w n sources fo r d ’A illy’s
w ritin g s o n th e stars. I have g ro u p e d this listing in to th re e categories: m o d e rn
editio n s, early p rin te d e d itio n s, and m anu scrip ts. P articularly in th e la tte r tw o
categories, I m ak e n o claim s to co m p leten ess, fo r th e catalogue w o u ld b e e n o r­
m ous. In E rn st Z in n e r ’s c o m p ila tio n o f astro n o m ical m anuscripts in G e rm a n ic
lands, fo r ex am p le, th e re are e ig h ty en tries d e v o te d to P ie rre d ’A illy alone. F o r
fuller details, o n e sh o u ld tu rn to S alem b ier’s b ib lio g rap h ies o f 1886 and 1932,
P ale m o n G lo rie u x ’s b ib lio g rap h ical n o te o f 1965, an d T h o rn d ik e and K ib re ’s
catalogue o f L atin scientific m an u scrip ts.2

M o d e r n E d itio n s

1706. Jc a n G c rso n . Opera omnia. E d ite d b y L ouis Ellies D u p in . 5 vols. A n tw erp : S u m p ti-
b u s societatis.
D u p in e d ite d a n u m b e r o f d ’A illy ’s treatises, letters, an d serm o n s. T h e re are m an y
erro rs in his ed itio n , h o w e v e r, a n d w h e n I h av e used his tex t, I have c h e c k e d it
against m a n u sc rip t sources.
O f d ’A illy’s w ritin g s o n th e stars, D u p in ’s e d itio n co n tain s:
D e legibus et sectis contra superstitiosos astronomos
D e falsis prophetis tractatus duo
Principium in cursum Bibliae
Sermo de adventu (D e c e m b e r 1414)
Epistola adJoannem Gersonium (Incipit: “ P o stq u a m scrip seram . . .”)
Epistola ad Papatn Joannem X X I I I (Incipit: “D u d u m . . .”)

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1728—36. C harles du Plessis d ’A rg en tre, ed. CoUectio judiciorum de nouis erroribus. 3 vols.
Paris: L am b ert C o ffin .
C o n tain s d ’A illy’s Errores scctae hominum intelligentiae an d reco rd s o f th e trial o f the
astrologer S y m o n de Pharcs.

1761. E tie n n e B aluze. Miscellanea novo ordine digcsta: Tomus secundus— M onumenta Sacra.
Lucca: V inccntiu s Ju n c tim u s.
A n o th e r ed itio n o f d ’A illy’s Errores scctae hominum intelligentiae.

1877. P aul T sch ack ert. Peter von Ailli: Z u r Geschichte desgrossen abendlandischen Schisma und
der Reformeoncilien von Pisa und Constanz. G o th a: F ried rich A ndreas P erthes. R e p rin t.
A m sterdam : R o d o p i, 1968.
T sch ack ert prints excerpts fro m a n u m b e r o f d ’A illy’s w o rks in his a p p en d ix ,
including:
Scrmo in die omnium sanctorum (N o v e m b e r I , 1416)
Sermo de heato Bernardo

1889. Paul F redericq, ed. Corpus doeumcntorum inquisitionis haeretieaepravitatis Neerlandicac.

5 vols. G h en t: J. V uylsteke.
Also prints d ’A illy’s Errores sectae hominum intelligentiae.

1904. N o e l Valois. “ U n o u v rag e in e d it de P ierre d ’Ailly, Ie De persecutionibus ecclesiae.”

BibIiotheque de VEcole des Chartes 65: 557—74.
Prints extensiv e excerpts.

1930. E d m o n d B u ro n , ed. Im ago m u n d i de Pierre d ’A illy: Texte Iatin et traduction fran(aise

des quatre textes cosmographiques de d 'A illy et des notes marginales de Cristophe Colomb.
Etude sur Ies sources de Vauteur. 3 vols. Paris: M aiso n n eu v e Freres.

1948. E. F. K eeber, trans. Imago m undi [of Pierre d ’Ailly]. W ilm in g to n , N .C .: L inprint.

1960—73. Je a n G erson . Oeuvres completes. E d ite d b y P aIem o n G lo rieu x . 10 vols. Paris:

D esclee & C ie.
G lo rieu x ed ited letters b e tw e e n G erso n a n d d ’Ailly, in c lu d in g d ’A illy’s Apologia
astrologiae defensiva ad Joannem Cersonium a n d Epistola ad Joannem Gersonium (Incipit:
“ P o stq u am scripseram . . .” ).

1972. P alem o n G lo rieu x . “ D e u x elogues de la saint ecritu re p ar P ierre d ’A illy.” Melanges

de science religieuse 29: 113—29.
F ren ch translation o f d ’A illy’s Principium in cursum Bibliae.

1986. O la f Pluta. D ie philosophische Psychologic des Petervon A illy: E in Beitrag zu r Geschichte

der Philosophie des spaten Mittelalters. B o c h u m e r S tu d ien z u r P h ilo so p h ic, 6. A m ster­
dam : B. R . G riiner.
C o n tain s an ed itio n o f d ’A illy’s De anima.

----------- . M arg u erite C h ap p u is. Le Traite de Piene d ’A illy sur la Consolation de Boece. (In
p reparation).
C h ap p u is discussed h e r p lan n ed e d itio n o f d ’A illy’s Tractatus utilis super Boecii de
consolatione philosophie in an article in Freiburser Zeitschrift fur Philosophic und Theolosie
31 (1984): 8 9 -1 0 7 .

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 E a rly P r in te d E d itio n s

M an y o f th e w orks I discuss are fo u n d in th re e in cu n ab u lar collections o f d ’A illy’s

w ritings.

Tractatus de imagine m u n d i et varia ejusdem auctoris et Joannis Gersonis opuscuia. L ouvain:

Jo h a n n de W estphalia, ca. 1483.
T h is is th e v o lu m e o f d ’A illy’s w ritin g s read an d a n n o ta te d by C o lu m b u s. F o r th at
reason, m any copies o f this b o o k are in A m erican library collections. F u rth erm o re,
a lim ited n u m b e r o f facsimiles o f C o lu m b u s’s c o p y w e re m ade in 1927: Im ago
m u n d i by Petrus de A liaco (Pierre d ’A illy ) with annotations by Christopher Cohtinbus
(B oston: M assachusetts H istorical Society, 1927). T h e v o lu m e co n tain s th e fo llo w ­
ing w orks by d ’Ailly:

Imago m undi
EpiIogus mappe m undi
D e legibus et sectis contra superstitiosos astronomos
D e correctione kalendarii
D e vero ciclo lunari
Cosmographie tractatus duo
V igintiloqnium de concordantia astronomice veritatis cum theologia
D e concordia astronomice veritatis et narrationis hystorice
Elucidarium astronomice corcordie cum theologia et cum hystorica narratione
Apologetica defensio astronomice veritatis
A lia secunda apologetica defensio eiusdem
Tractatus de concordia discordantium astronomorum

Concordantia astronomie cum theologia. Concordantia astronomic cum hystorica narratione. E t

ehtcidarium duorum precedentium. A ugsburg: E rh ard R a td o lt, 1490.
R a td o lt specialized m p rin tin g astrological w orks. F o r th e th re e treatises th a t it
contains, his ed itio n is vastly preferable to th e 1483 v o lu m e a b o v e, w h o se te x t is
faulty at tim es.

Tractatus et sermones. Strasbourg: [P rin te r o fjo rd a n u s de Q u e d lin b u rg ], 1490.

T h is is a large co llectio n o f w ritings b y d ’Ailly. A n earlier e d itio n o f this w o rk was
p rin te d in Brussels in 1484. A m o n g its c o n ten ts are:
D e anima
Sermo de beato Dom inico confessore
* Sermo de beato Francisco confessore
Sermo prim us de adventu dom ini (O n : “E cce salvator tuus v e n it”)
Sermo secundus de adventu (D e c em b e r 1414)
Sermo (tertius) de quadruplici adventu dom ini et specialiter de adventu ad indicium
(D ecem b er 1385)

T h e fo llo w in g w orks exist in m an y early printings. I n o te h e re th e editions I have used.

P ierre d ’Ailly. Quaestiones super Iibros Sententiarum cum quibusdam in f i n e adjunctis. Stras­
bo u rg : n .p ., 1490. R e p rin t. F rankfurt: M in erv a, 1968.

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P ierre d ’Ailly. Questiones Magistri Petri de Ayiliaco cardinalis cameracensis superpritnum, tertium
et quartum libros sententiarum. Paris: Je a n P etit, 1505(?).
B o th v olum es co n ta in , in te r alia, d ’A illy’s Sentences c o m m e n ta ry an d his Princi-
pium in cursum Bibliae.

P ierre d ’Ailly. [Questiones o n S ac ro b o sco ’s Sphera]. In J o a n n e s d e S acro b o sco , Uberrimum

sphere muudi commentum intersertis etiam questionibus domini Petri de Aliaco. Paris: Jean
P etit, 1498.

P ierre d ’Ailly. Tractatus Petri de Eliaco episcopi Cameracensis super libros metheororum de impres-
sionibus aeris. A c de hijs quae in prima, secunda, atque tertia regionibus aeris fiu n t. Stras­
bourg: Jo h a n n e s Prtis, 1504.

P ierre d ’Ailly. Tractatus de anima. Paris: Je a n P etit, 1505.

M a n u s c r i p t S o u rc e s

I have also con su lted th e fo llo w in g m anuscripts, b o th to ch ec k th e accuracy o f th e various

editions o f d ’A illy’s w ritin g s an d to read w o rk s th a t have n e v e r b e e n (or have b e e n only
partially) edited.

C racow . B ibliotcka Jagicllonska. M S 575, fols. 1 0 8 r - l l l r ; M S 584, fols. 5 6 r-5 9 r; and

M S 586, fols. 66v—70r.
T h ese are all fifte e n th -c e n tu ry m an u scrip ts c o n ta in in g scientific w ritin g s by
d ’Ailly. A t the folios in d icated each co n tain s a w o rk o n c o n ju n ctio n s b y d ’Ailly,
b eg in n in g “ P ro dcclaratio n e d ecern d ictaru m fig u raru m . . . ” T h ese are th e only
k n o w n copies o f this w o rk .

M arseilles. B ib lio th eq u c M u n icip ale. M S 1156, fols. 1—8; 11—30.

T his is the sole m an u scrip t copy o f d ’A illy’s D e persecutionibus ecdesie, fro m w h ic h
Valois p u blished his partial e d itio n in 1904. Valois om its m u c h o f th e astrological
section o f th e treatise.

Paris. B ib lio th eq u e N atio n a le . M S Lat. 3122.

T h is is an im p o rta n t co llectio n o f w ritin g s fro m th e early years o f d ’A illy’s career,
assem bled for his o w n use. T h e treatises th e re in date fro m 1372 to 1388 o r 1394.
D ’A illy w illed this m an u scrip t to th e C o lleg e o f N av arre at his death . A m o n g its
co n ten ts are:
Sermo de adventu (O n : “ S citote q u o n ia m re g n u m dei . . .”)
Sermo de beato Bernardo (o f w h ich T sch ac k ert prints excerpts)
D e Jalsis prophetis tractatus duo (this is th e m an u scrip t u p o n w h ic h D u p in bases
his ed itio n o f these treatises)
Tractatus utilis super Boecii de consolatione philosophie (this is th e best an d fullest
version o f th e tex t, acco rd in g to C happuis)

V atican C ity. B iblioteca A postolica Vaticana. M S R e g . lat. 689A .

P ublished in facsimile. G ilb e rt O u y . Le recueil epistolaire autographe de Pierre d ’A illy
ct Ies notes d ’ltalic de jea n de Montreuil. U m b rae C o d ic u m O c cid e n ta liu m , 9. A m ster­
dam : N o rth -H o lla n d , 1966. T h is m an u scrip t co n tain s a copy, in d ’A illy’s o w n h an d ,
o f his Epistola ad Papain Joannem X X I I I (Incipit: “D u d u m . . .” ).

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V ie n n a . O s te rr e ic h is c h e N a tio n a lb ib h o th e k . M S 5 1 3 8 .
T h e m a n u s c rip t da te s fro m 147 4 . I t c o n ta in s a n u m b e r o f a stro lo g ic al w o rk s ,
in c lu d in g th e fo llo w in g b y d ’A ihy:

D e concordantia theologiae et astronomiae (— Vigintiloquium)

D e concordantia astronomiae et historiae
Elucidarium astronomicae concordiae cum theologica et historica vcritate
Apologeticae defensiones duae astronomicae veritatis
O pusculw n de themate coelesti tempore creationis et de conjunctionibus insequentibus
{— D e figura inceptionis m undi . . . T h is w o r k has n e v e r b e e n p rin te d .)
D e concordantia discordantium astronomorum

V ie n n a . O s te rre ic h is c h e N a tio n a lb ib h o th e k . M S 5 2 6 6 .
T h is m a n u s c rip t da te s fro m th e fifte e n th c e n tu ry , a fte r 1 4 3 4 . It c o n ta in s a large
n u m b e r o f a stro lo g ic a l a n d a stro n o m ic a l w o rk s , m o s t o f w h ic h are b y d ’Ailly. O f
d ’A illy ’s w o rk s , th e r e are:

D e concordantia astronomicae veritatis cum thealogia (= V igintiloquium )

D e concordia astronomiae cum historia
E lucidam itn astronomicae concordiae cum theologica et historica veritate
Apologetica defensio prim a astronomicae veritatis
Apologetica defensio altera astronomicae veritatis
D e figura inceptionis m undi et conjunctionibus sequentibus (n e v e r p rin te d )
D e concordia discordantium astronomorum
D c lcgibus et sectis contra superstitiosos astronomos
E xhortatio ad concilium generale Constantiense super kalendarii correctione

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