Ramon Llull's opera 80-85

Carla Compagno adds a new and impressive chapter to the ongoing edition of Ramon Llull's oeuvre in Latin. In volume 321 of the Continuatio Mediaevalis of the Corpus Christianorum she edits the texts Llull wrote in 1299, i.e. during his second stay in Paris. This is volume XLI in the subseries Raimundi Lulli opera latina.

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Critical edition of Ramon Llull's op. 80-85, written in Paris in 1299

• ROL op. 80: Ars compendiosa

• ROL op. 81: De congruo

• ROL op. 82: De quadratura

• ROL op. 83: Ars electionis

• ROL op. 84: Geometria nova

• ROL op. 85: Quaestiones Attrebatenses

  
  

This volume brings together the critical editions of the works composed by Ramon Llull in Paris in 1299. During this period, Llull engaged more closely with the university milieu and had the opportunity to devote particular attention to Euclidean geometry. He authored two geometric treatises: De quadratura et triangulatura circuli sive De principiis theologiae (op. 82) and Liber de geometria nova et compendiosa (op. 84). These texts are linked to the artistic work Brevis practica Tabulae generalis seu Ars compendiosa (op. 80), also written in the same year. This latter work builds upon the Tabula generalis (op. 53) and represents a version of the Ars that would serve as a reference for all subsequent works leading up to the Ars generalis ultima (op. 128).

In 1299, Llull also composed the Ars electionis (op. 83), preserved in the manuscript Bernkastel-Kues, St. Nikolaus-Hospital, ms. 83, formerly belonging to Nicholas of Cusa, and the Liber super quaestiones Magistri Thomae Attrebatensis (op. 85), which addresses questions of natural philosophy alongside theological concerns. Finally, the volume includes the edition of the Quaestio de congruo adducto ad necessariam rationem (op. 81). Although apocryphal, this work has been edited as evidence of the reception and application of Llull’s argumentative style within the theological discourse of his time.

After earning her doctorate in medieval Latin philology from the University of Freiburg, Carla Compagno prepared the Latin edition of Ramon Llull’s op. 80-85 between 2011 and 2016. This work was carried out within the framework of a project approved and funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (project number WA 822/6-1), under the direction of the late Prof. Dr. Peter Walter.