Fons vitae ex arabico in latinum translatus ab Iohanne Hispano et Dominico Gundissalino
Ibn Gabirol (Avicebron); John of Spain and Dominicus Gundissalinus, trans.; Clemens Baeumker, ed. · 1892
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Description
Ibn Gabirol, the Jewish poet and thinker of Muslim Spain, wrote the Fons Vitae, the Fountain of Life, in Arabic in the eleventh century. The Arabic is lost, but the Latin version by John of Spain and Dominicus Gundissalinus kept the work alive. Clemens Baeumker edited that Latin text in 1892. Christian readers knew the author only as Avicebron and did not guess he was a Jew.
The dialogue argues that all created things, souls included, are made of universal matter and form. Only God stands outside that pairing. The claim fed debates in the schools for centuries. No English version in the public domain exists. Baeumker's edition is the base for study of this bridge between worlds.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ibn Gabirol (Avicebron); John of Spain and Dominicus Gundissalinus, trans.; Clemens Baeumker, ed. |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1892 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 913 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |