Cologne: from the Dominican Studium to the University Albertism

Spanning more than two centuries of intellectual history, these researches redefine our understanding of the Albertist tradition in Cologne, tracing its evolution from the Dominican Studium of the late thirteenth century to its flourishing within the university culture of the fifteenth century. Combining a new critical edition of the Quaestiones of John Picardi of Lichtenberg with previously unknown evidence on figures such as Henry of Gorkum and Heymericus de Campo, they also uncover the enduring influence of Dietrich of Freiberg and Berthold of Moosburg on fifteenth-century thought, most notably in the writings of Nicholas of Cusa.

Key Publications:

  1. Johannes Picardi de Lucidomonte, O.P., Quaestiones, vol. 2 (XXIX–XXXVI), in preparation
  2. Nicholas of Cusa and the so-called Cologne School of the 13th and 14th Centuries, “Archives d’histoire doctrinale et littéraire du Moyen Âge” [AHDLMA], LXXXIV (2017), 91–128 / ISSN 0373-5478
  3. Nicola Cusano ed Eimerico da Campo: gli anni coloniensi, “Medioevo. Rivista di storia della filosofia medievale” [ME], XXXXI (2016), 217–257 / ISSN 0391-2566

Others:

  1. Who was the Author of the Quaestio “Utrum intellectus agens intelligat”? Theories of Intellect in John Picardi of Lichtenberg and the Albertist Tradition of the Cologne School, in preparation
  2. Il flusso e le quattro unità. Nicola Cusano, Eimerico da Campo e Dietrich di Freiberg, “Scintilla. Revista de Filosofia e Mística Medieval”, XVIII/2 (2021), 55–96 / ISSN 2525-3034
  3. Flujo y cuaternario en Bertoldo de Moosburgo y Nicolás de Cusa, “Anuario Filosófico”, LII/2 (2019), 295–319 / ISSN 0066-5215
  4. John Picardi of Lichtenberg – a German Thomist. A Historiographical Assessment, in A. Beccarisi, A. Fiamma, D. Gorini (eds), La ragione nella storia, Quaderni di Noctua 8, E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni, Firenze-Parma, Torino 2025, 144–172 / ISBN 9788875903459
  5. Per beryllum intueamur. La metafora del berillo in Nicola Cusano e nella scuola di Colonia del XIII e XIV secolo, in J.F. Meirinhos & M.J. Correia (ed.), De cognitione. 8th International Congress of SOFIME, «Mediaevalia. Textos e Estudos», XLI (2022), 325–340 / ISSN 0872-0991 / http://doi.org/10.21747/21836884/med41a23. Re-printed in English language: Per beryllum intueamur. The Metaphor of ‘Beryl’ in Nicholas of Cusa and the Cologne School in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, «Metaphor Papers», XVII (2025) / ISSN 2942-0849 / https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.389.460