id string | url string | site string | collection string | title string | title_alt list | author string | languages list | source_edition dict | source_text string | english string | apparatus dict | provenance dict | license_source string | license_translation string | license_apparatus string | generated timestamp[s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
bon-sent-I-proem | https://bonaventure.wrootpress.com/browse/1/d/0/q/bon-sent-I-proem | bonaventure | Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity | Proemium | [
"PROOEMIUM SANCTI BONAVENTURAE in librum primum Sententiarum",
"Proemium of Saint Bonaventure to the first book of the Sentences"
] | St. Bonaventure | [
"en",
"la"
] | {
"title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)",
"publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae",
"years": "1882-1902",
"volume": 1,
"pagination": "pp. 1-6"
} | <!-- page 1 -->
> The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; Quaracchi restart their numbering on every printed page, so the labels are qualified by page.
### PROOEMIUM
#### SANCTI BONAVENTURAE
#### IN LIBRUM PRIMUM SENTENTIARUM.
> *Profunda fluviorum... | <!-- page 1 -->
### PROEMIUM
#### OF SAINT BONAVENTURE
#### TO THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SENTENCES.
> *He hath searched the deep places of the rivers, and hath brought hidden things forth to light.*
> Job, XXVIII, 11.
This word, which[^p1-1] is taken from Job, chapter twenty-eight, considered more carefully, has opened ... | {
"notes": [
{
"id": "p1-1",
"la": "Auctoritate mss. et ed. 1 in hac propositione substituimus constructionem relativam, addendo *quod* et *est,* pro simpliciori participiali, quam habet Vat. Mox ponendo *aperuit* loco *aperit* sequimur praestantiores ex nostris codd. A B C E G K O R S T W X Y ff alio... | {
"method": "LLM-assisted translation from the Quaracchi Latin, verified chunk-by-chunk against the printed plates (apparatus roster, cross-references, page/gutter boundaries).",
"corrected_against_scan": true
} | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 |
bon-sent-I-proem-q1 | https://bonaventure.wrootpress.com/browse/1/d/0/q/bon-sent-I-proem-q1 | bonaventure | Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity | Proemium, Q. 1 | [
"Quae sit materia quodve subiectum huius libri vel theologiae",
"What is the matter or subject of this book or of theology"
] | St. Bonaventure | [
"en",
"la"
] | {
"title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)",
"publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae",
"years": "1882-1902",
"volume": 1,
"pagination": "pp. 6-8"
} | <!-- page 6 -->
> The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; Quaracchi restart their numbering on every printed page, so the labels are qualified by page.
### QUAESTIO I.
#### *Quae sit materia quodve subiectum huius libri vel theologiae.*
Et[^p6-3] q... | <!-- page 6 -->
### QUESTION I.
#### *What is the matter or subject of this book or of theology.*
And[^p6-3] that *God* is the subject, it seems.
1. For that is the subject in a science, concerning which and concerning whose properties the whole science is[^p6-4]; but this whole book is concerning God and his works,... | {
"notes": [
{
"id": "p6-3",
"la": "Restituimus ex mss. et ed. 1 particulam *Et.* Mox post verbum *videtur* cod. M adiungit *Probo.*",
"en": "We have restored from the manuscripts and from edition 1 the particle *Et.* Presently, after the word *videtur,* codex M adds *Probo.*"
},
{
... | {
"method": "LLM-assisted translation from the Quaracchi Latin, verified chunk-by-chunk against the printed plates (apparatus roster, cross-references, page/gutter boundaries).",
"corrected_against_scan": true
} | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 |
bon-sent-I-proem-q2 | https://bonaventure.wrootpress.com/browse/1/d/0/q/bon-sent-I-proem-q2 | bonaventure | Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity | Proemium, Q. 2 | [
"Quae causa formalis quive modus procedendi sit in his libris Sententiarum",
"What is the formal cause, or the manner of proceeding, in these books of the Sentences"
] | St. Bonaventure | [
"en",
"la"
] | {
"title": "Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)",
"publisher": "Collegii S. Bonaventurae",
"years": "1882-1902",
"volume": 1,
"pagination": "pp. 9-12"
} | <!-- page 9 -->
> The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body above and the English translation; Quaracchi restart their numbering on every printed page, so the labels are qualified by page.
### QUAESTIO II.
#### *Quae causa formalis quive modus procedendi sit in his libris Sententiarum.... | <!-- page 9 -->
### QUESTION II.
#### *What is the formal cause, or the manner of proceeding, in these books of the Sentences.*
Secondly it is asked[^p9-1] about the *formal* cause, or the manner of acting. And it has been said that it is *searching-out* and inquisitive of things hidden.
**On the contrary:** 1. Isai... | {
"notes": [
{
"id": "p9-1",
"la": "Praeter fidem mss. et ed. 1, omissis verbis *Secundo quaeritur,* Vat. deinde addit *huius libri.* — *Et dictum est,* scilicet in Prooemio; *perscrutatorius,* id est rationativus sive rationalis, quod vocabulum S. Bonav. sumsit ex loco Iob, in principio Prooemii posi... | {
"method": "LLM-assisted translation from the Quaracchi Latin, verified chunk-by-chunk against the printed plates (apparatus roster, cross-references, page/gutter boundaries).",
"corrected_against_scan": true
} | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 |
bon-sent-I-proem-q3 | https://bonaventure.wrootpress.com/browse/1/d/0/q/bon-sent-I-proem-q3 | bonaventure | Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity | Proemium, Q. 3 | ["Utrum hic liber sive theologia sit contemplationis gratia, an ut boni fiamus, sive utrum sit scien(...TRUNCATED) | St. Bonaventure | [
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"la"
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bon-sent-I-proem-q4 | https://bonaventure.wrootpress.com/browse/1/d/0/q/bon-sent-I-proem-q4 | bonaventure | Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity | Proemium, Q. 4 | ["Quae sit causa efficiens sive auctor huius libri","What the efficient cause, or the author, of thi(...TRUNCATED) | St. Bonaventure | [
"en",
"la"
] | {"title":"Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)","publisher":"Collegii S. Bonaventurae","years":"(...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 14 -->\n\n> The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body abo(...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 14 -->\n\n### QUESTION IV.\n#### *What the efficient cause, or the author, of this book i(...TRUNCATED) | {"notes":[{"id":"p14-1","la":"Suffragante nullo codice, Vat., omissis praecedentibus verbis, incipit(...TRUNCATED) | {"method":"LLM-assisted translation from the Quaracchi Latin, verified chunk-by-chunk against the pr(...TRUNCATED) | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 |
bon-sent-I-littera | https://bonaventure.wrootpress.com/browse/1/d/0/q/bon-sent-I-littera | bonaventure | Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity | Textus Magistri | [
"PROLOGUS MAGISTRI in libros Sententiarum",
"The Master's Prologue to the Books of Sentences"
] | St. Bonaventure | [
"en",
"la"
] | {"title":"Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)","publisher":"Collegii S. Bonaventurae","years":"(...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 16 -->\n\n> The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body abo(...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 16 -->\n\n### THE MASTER'S PROLOGUE\n#### *TO THE BOOKS OF SENTENCES*[^p16-1]\n\nDesiring(...TRUNCATED) | {"notes":[{"id":"p16-1","la":"Editiones et codices, quos contulimus, aut omittunt hanc epigraphem, a(...TRUNCATED) | {"method":"LLM-assisted translation from the Quaracchi Latin, verified chunk-by-chunk against the pr(...TRUNCATED) | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 |
bon-sent-I-capitula | https://bonaventure.wrootpress.com/browse/1/d/0/q/bon-sent-I-capitula | bonaventure | Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity | Capitula | [
"INCIPIUNT CAPITULA PRIMI LIBRI SENTENTIARUM",
"The chapter list of the first book"
] | St. Bonaventure | [
"en",
"la"
] | {"title":"Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)","publisher":"Collegii S. Bonaventurae","years":"(...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 17 -->\n\n# INCIPIUNT CAPITULA PRIMI LIBRI SENTENTIARUM[^p17-15].\n\n### Distinctio I.\n\(...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 17 -->\n\n# HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SENTENCES[^p17-15].\n\n### D(...TRUNCATED) | {"notes":[{"id":"p17-15","la":"Hanc tabulam exhibemus, adhibitis 19 codicibus mss., quos in Prolegom(...TRUNCATED) | {"method":"LLM-assisted translation from the Quaracchi Latin, verified chunk-by-chunk against the pr(...TRUNCATED) | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 |
bon-sent-I-prol-comm | https://bonaventure.wrootpress.com/browse/1/d/0/q/bon-sent-I-prol-comm | bonaventure | Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity | Prologus, Commentarius | [
"COMMENTARIUS IN PROLOGUM MAGISTRI",
"Commentary on the Master's Prologue"
] | St. Bonaventure | [
"en",
"la"
] | {"title":"Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)","publisher":"Collegii S. Bonaventurae","years":"(...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 22 -->\n\n> The numbered footnotes below correspond to markers in both the Latin body abo(...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 22 -->\n\n# COMMENTARY ON THE MASTER'S PROLOGUE.\n\n### DIVISION OF THE TEXT.\n\nTo the b(...TRUNCATED) | {"notes":[{"id":"p22-1","la":"Cod. I. et ed. 1 *movent.*","en":"Codex I and ed. 1 read *movent.*"},{(...TRUNCATED) | {"method":"LLM-assisted translation from the Quaracchi Latin, verified chunk-by-chunk against the pr(...TRUNCATED) | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 |
bon-sent-I-d1-littera | https://bonaventure.wrootpress.com/browse/1/d/1/q/bon-sent-I-d1-littera | bonaventure | Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity | Dist. 1 | ["Distinctio I — textus Magistri Sententiarum (Caps. I–III)","Distinction I — text of the Mast(...TRUNCATED) | St. Bonaventure | [
"en",
"la"
] | {"title":"Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)","publisher":"Collegii S. Bonaventurae","years":"(...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 26 -->\n\n## LIBER PRIMUS SENTENTIARUM.\n\n### DE DEI UNITATE ET TRINITATE.\n\n### DISTIN(...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 26 -->\n\n## BOOK ONE OF THE SENTENCES.\n\n### ON THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD.\n\n### DI(...TRUNCATED) | {"notes":[{"id":"1","la":"Cap. 2. n. 2; hic et proximo loco, sed multis a Magistro omissis et nonnul(...TRUNCATED) | {"method":"LLM-assisted translation from the Quaracchi Latin, verified chunk-by-chunk against the pr(...TRUNCATED) | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 |
bon-sent-I-d1-divisio | https://bonaventure.wrootpress.com/browse/1/d/1/q/bon-sent-I-d1-divisio | bonaventure | Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity | Dist. 1, Divisio Textus | ["Commentarius in Distinctionem I — Divisio textus et tractatio quaestionum","Commentary on Distin(...TRUNCATED) | St. Bonaventure | [
"en",
"la"
] | {"title":"Opera Omnia (Quaracchi critical edition)","publisher":"Collegii S. Bonaventurae","years":"(...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 29 -->\n\n### DIVISIO TEXTUS.\n\nIn parte ista incipit tractatus libri, qui dividitur in (...TRUNCATED) | "<!-- page 29 -->\n\n### DIVISION OF THE TEXT.\n\nIn this part begins the treatise of the book, whic(...TRUNCATED) | {"notes":[{"id":"1","la":"Vat., post *suam* addendo *et hoc*, transponit verba *dist. 2* ante relati(...TRUNCATED) | {"method":"LLM-assisted translation from the Quaracchi Latin, verified chunk-by-chunk against the pr(...TRUNCATED) | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | CC BY-NC 4.0 | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 |
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Bonaventure on the Sentences (Latin ↔ English)
2,113 chunks of Bonaventure's Commentary on the Sentences and related works, Latin (Quaracchi) aligned with English (~3.33M words). Apparatus (notes, scholia) is kept in a separate field, never merged into the text.
Canonical home: https://bonaventure.wrootpress.com (each record carries its canonical URL). This dataset is a machine-generated export of that site's build, regenerated from the source of truth and never hand-edited; the site remains the one published address of the text.
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Latin: Quaracchi edition, public domain.
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from datasets import load_dataset
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