Many Readers but Few Followers
The Fate of Nicholas of Lyra's “Apocalypse Commentary” in the Hands of His Late-Medieval Admirers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7716045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Krey, Philip D Krey (Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 185-201 |
| Publication date | 1995-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3167904 |
| OpenAlex | W2162352976 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
Use Auriol's Compendium as a mould, pour in Lyre, flavor with Augustine, and sprinkle with Grosseteste.” This was John Wyclif's (1330–1384) recipe for biblical commentary. It may be the nature of biblical commentary that commentators do not follow recipes closely, but the history of how the admirers of Nicholas of Lyra's Apocalypse Commentary (1329) received and reworked it indicates that Nicholas's work served frequently as the “mould” into which other interpretations were “poured,” while his own Augustinian seasonings were largely ignored. Although later commentators often adopted Nicholas's method, they more frequently poured in the ingredients of his younger Franciscan colleague, Peter Auriol (whose Apocalypse Commentary of 1319 Nicholas sharply critiqued), serving up a dish that Nicholas would not have enjoyed eating
Art · Art history · Compendium · Literature · Classics · History · Medieval European Literature and History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2022 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |