Interpretation of Scripture: Theory: A Selection of Works of Hugh, Andrew, Richard and Godfrey of St. Victor, and of Robert of Melun (Victorine Texts ... and Spiriuality from the Abbey of St. Victor)

Starting from the theory of scriptural interpretation elaborated by Hugh of St. Victor, the Augustinian Canons of twelfth-century St. Victor in Paris were leading theorists and practitioners of scriptural exegesis. This volume contains complete translations of the exegetical theories elaborated in Hugh of St. Victor's (d. 1141 Didascalicon, On Sacred Scripture and its Authors, and The Diligent Examiner as well as Godfrey of St. Victor's Fountain of Philosophy. It has excerpts from Hugh's On the Sacraments, Andrew of St. Victor's (d. 1175) commentaries, Richard of St. Victor's (d. 1173) Book of Notes and Apocalypse commentary, Robert of Melun's Sentences, and the anonymous Speculum on the Mysteries of the Church.