Bartholomaeus of Bruges (Barthélemy de Bruges) (died 1356) was a Flemish physician and natural philosopher.
He graduated M.A. at the University of Paris in 1307, and became a master of medicine. He came under the influence of Radulphus Brito. [1]
Bartholomaeus served as physician to Guy I, Count of Blois until the count died. [2] He was a reforming medical teacher, replacing the older curriculum based on the Articella by a new Galenism. [3]
Bartholomaeus wrote commentaries on Aristotle. [4] [5] His work on the Poetics is noted for its sympathy with mimesis as a poetical function, and so an opening towards classical drama [6] (the original work of Aristotle not being available at the time in Western Europe, the basis was a Latin translation by Hermannus Alemannus from Averroes, the Commentaria Media). [7] He engaged in controversy with John of Jandun on the sensus agens, an active perceptive faculty of the soul. [8] The reply of John of Jandun has been dated to 1310. [9]
At the University of Montpellier he wrote also on the Ars Medicine. [10] Some of the medical works that were attributed to him are considered to be by Bartholomew of Salerno instead. [11] In 1348, at the time of the Black Death, he wrote on the plague. [4]
Bartholomaeus of Bruges (Barthélemy de Bruges) (died 1356) was a Flemish physician and natural philosopher.
He graduated M.A. at the University of Paris in 1307, and became a master of medicine. He came under the influence of Radulphus Brito. [1]
Bartholomaeus served as physician to Guy I, Count of Blois until the count died. [2] He was a reforming medical teacher, replacing the older curriculum based on the Articella by a new Galenism. [3]
Bartholomaeus wrote commentaries on Aristotle. [4] [5] His work on the Poetics is noted for its sympathy with mimesis as a poetical function, and so an opening towards classical drama [6] (the original work of Aristotle not being available at the time in Western Europe, the basis was a Latin translation by Hermannus Alemannus from Averroes, the Commentaria Media). [7] He engaged in controversy with John of Jandun on the sensus agens, an active perceptive faculty of the soul. [8] The reply of John of Jandun has been dated to 1310. [9]
At the University of Montpellier he wrote also on the Ars Medicine. [10] Some of the medical works that were attributed to him are considered to be by Bartholomew of Salerno instead. [11] In 1348, at the time of the Black Death, he wrote on the plague. [4]