Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Sciences Scientists

John of Casale

GIOVANNI DI CASALE

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Also known as: Latin: Ioannes de Casale

JOHN OF CASALE. - Franciscan, philosopher and scientist, b. at Casale di Monferrato ca. 1320 (?), d. after 1375.

He is the author of a Quaestio de velocitate motus alterationis, written in 1355 (ed. Venice 1505), which was inspired by the doctrines of Richard Swineshead (or Suisset) and Nicholas of Oresme and appears to have been very widespread in the 14th and 15th centuries. G. was probably the first to make the doctrines of Oresme known in Italy.

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BIBL.: Sbaralea, III, p. 52; A. Maier, An der Grenze von Scholastik und Naturwissenschaft, Essen 1943, pp. 354-57 (bibl.); Descriptio codicum, in Arch. Francisc. histor., 1 (1909), p. 116.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 532.

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Maier, Anneliese. “Giovanni di Casale.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 532. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-casale.

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Maier, Anneliese. “Giovanni di Casale.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 532. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-casale.

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  title     = {Giovanni di Casale},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {532},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-casale}
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