The secret of secrets : the scholarly career of a pseudo-Aristotelian text in the Latin Middle Ages /
Williams, Steven J.
Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press,
c2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-471) and index.
The contents and the formation of the Secret of secrets -- John of Seville and the introduction of the Secret of secrets to the West -- Philip of Tripoli and the complete translation of the Secret of secrets -- From the Holy Land to Europe : the first stage of circulation -- Textual history and the myth of an official expurgation -- The scholarly reception of the Secret of secrets. Part 1: Success -- The scholarly reception of the Secret of secrets. Part 2: The limits of success -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: John of Seville's prologue to the Epistola -- Appendix 2: Philip of Tripoli's prologue to the Secret of secrets -- Appendix 3: Manuscripts of the Secret of secrets to circa 1325 -- Appendix 4: Commentaries -- Appendix 5: Early printings of the Latin Secret of secrets
Secretum secretorum.
State, The.