Clavis physicae, the first part (1-315) is a summary of the first four books of Johannes Scotus Erigena Periphyseon ( De divisione naturae), the second part (316-529) is a reproduction of the fifth book.Speculum Ecclesiae, a collection of sermons.A commentary on The Song of Songs, (preserved in a manuscript from c. Gemma animae: An allegorical view of the liturgy and its practices.Sigillum sanctae Mariae: a set of lessons for how to celebrate the Assumption, together with a commentary on The Song of Songs, which he sees as being principally about Mary.It was translated frequently into vernacular. Elucidarium: a survey of Christian beliefs (written in England).Opening few lines of the Welsh adaption of the Imago Mundi from the Red Book of Hergest ( Jesus College, Oxford MS 111). Toward the end of his life, he was in the Scots Monastery, Regensburg, Bavaria, probably living as a recluse. It is certain that he was a monk and that he traveled to England and was a student of Anselm's for some time. However, there is no solid reasoning for any other identification (such as Augst/ Augustodunensem praesulem near Basle, Augsburg/ Augusta Vindelicorum in Swabia, or Augustinensis, from St Augustine's Abbey at Canterbury), so his by-name has stuck. "Augustodunensis" was taken to mean Autun ( Augustodunum), but that identification is now generally rejected. He says that he is Honorius Augustodunensis ecclesiae presbyter et scholasticus, but nothing else is known. He was, therefore, something of a popularizer of clerical learning. He wrote in a non-scholastic manner, with a lively style, and his works were approachable for the lay community in general. 1140), commonly known as Honorius of Autun, was a very popular 12th-century Christian theologian who wrote prolifically on many subjects.
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