Title: The Psalms commentary of Gilbert of Poitiers
First published: 1996
Description: This book makes available to scholars the unpublished proto-scholastic Commentary on the Psalms, composed by one of the outstanding figures of the early twelfth century, Gilbert of Poitiers (Gilbert Porreta). The commentary had its origins in the atmosphere of experimentation which characterized the schools of Laon, Chartres and Paris in the first decades of the century.

Its unique mise en page, its methodology and its connection to other texts - especially glossed classical texts, the Glossa ordinaria and the writings of Peter Lombard - are explored. Gilbert's Commentary is a text critical for the understanding of the development of the discipline of theology in the twelfth century schools.
Subjects: Bible, Commentaries, Criticism, interpretation, Early works to 1800, History, History and criticism, Bible, commentaries, o. t. poetical books
People: Gilbert de La Porrée, Bishop (ca. 1075-1154)
Time periods: Middle Ages, 600-1500
LC classification: BS1429.G553 G76 1996