Heinrich of Mechelen

Heinrich ( Bate or Baten ) [and / or] von Mecheln (also: Henricus Bate , Heinrich Bate de Malines , Henricus Batenus Mechliniensis , Henry Bate ; * March 24, 1246 , † after 1310) was a philosopher, translator and astronomer.

Life

Heinrich was trained in Paris and received his master's degree before 1274. He was a student of Thomas Aquinas , perhaps also of Albertus Magnus . He took part in the 2nd Council of Lyon . In Liège he was canon and cantor of the cathedral before 1289 . His publications ignored the prohibitions on dealing with Averroes . He taught Guy de Hainaut , the brother of Johann von Avesnes , for whom he wrote his main work, Speculum divinorum et quorundam naturalium (mirror of divine things and some natural things) from 1285-1305 . Around 1309 he retired to Tongerlo Abbey , where he ended his life.

plant

• Speculum divinorum et quorundum naturalium
  • ed. G. Wallerand, 1931
  • ed. E. van de Vyver, Vol. 1 / 1-2 and Vol. 2 / 2-3, Paris 1960/1967
  • Parts 4-7, 11-12, 20-23 ed. Carlos Steel et al. a., 4 volumes, Löwen 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996.
  • A Neoplatonic-influenced representation of natural and v. a. intelligible world.
• Liber servi Dei de Machlinia
  • An astrological autobiography.
• Translations of tracts by Abraham ibn Esra and Abū Maʿšar al-Balh̲ī in cooperation with Hagin (the Jew) and Obert de Montdidier prepared in Rome in 1292.
• Tracts and commentaries on ibn Ezra and Abū Maʿšar.
• Magistralis compositio astrolabii
  • Treatise on the astrolabe, printed by Erhard Ratdolt in 1485; Dedicated to his friend Wilhelm von Moerbeke
• Treatise on the equatorium, printed by Erhard Ratdolt in 1485
• Tabule mechlinenses, astronomical tables, probably handed down in a version from 1285 to 1295

reception

Heinrich's main work was read by Nikolaus von Kues and given marginal notes.

literature

• A. Birkenmajer: Henri Bate de Malines, astronome et philosophe de la fin du XIIIe siècle . Krakow 1924.
• Christian Bruhns :  Baten, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 132.
• T. Gregory: Platone e Aristotele nello Speculum di Enrico Bate di Malines . In: Studi medievali 3/2 (1961), pp. 302-319.
• Guy Guldentops: Henry Bate's encyclopedism . In: P. Binkley (ed.): Pre-Modern Encyclopedic Texts , Proceedings of the Second Comers Congres, Groningen, 1-4 July 1996, Brill, Leiden u. a. 1997.
• L. Hödl , JD North: Heinrich von Mecheln . In: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Vol. 4 (1989), Sp. 2088-2089.
• G. Wallerand: Henri Bate de Malines et saint Thomas d'Aquin . In: Revue néoscolastique de philosophie 36 (1934), pp. 387-411.
• C. Steel, D. Juste, Sh.Sela (Eds.): The Astrological Biography of a Medieval Philosopher: Henry Bate's Nativitas (1280-1288), Leiden 2018

Web links

• Rolf Schönberger (ed.): Entry in Alcuin, the Regensburg information center for scholasticism.
• Benoît Beyer de Ryke: Biography (PDF; 61 kB)