Simon Henton
Simon Henton or Heinton[1] (fl. c. 1248–1262) was a Dominican provincial in England and a biblical commentator. Most of his works are lost.[2][3]
Biography
Born at Henton, near Winchester, he became a Dominican friar, and eventually provincial of the order in England.[3] He wrote commentaries on the books of Proverbs, Song of Songs, Wisdom, Sirach, the four greater prophets, and Job, besides treatises on the Ten Commandments, the Articles of the Faith, and the Cross of Christ.[3] All these works have perished.[3] The treatise on the Articles of the Faith and the commentary on Job were once in the library at St. Paul's.[4][3] Henton's Moralia or Postillæ on the twelve minor prophets are preserved in New College MS. 45.[5][3] Bernard mentions a manuscript which contains 'excerpta ex summa Fratris Symonis de Heintun'.[6][3]
References
- Back to citation Also called Simonis de Hentona (or Harneton), Simonem de Hentone, Symonis de Heintun, and Simon Hentonus (alias Herneton or Hareton)
- Back to citation Tugwell 2004.
- Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 Back to citation occurrence 3.2 Back to citation occurrence 3.3 Back to citation occurrence 3.4 Back to citation occurrence 3.5 Back to citation occurrence 3.6 Kingsford 1891, p. 139.
- Back to citation Dugdale, pp. 277, 282.
- Back to citation Coxe, i. 12, 13.
- Back to citation Cat. MSS. Angl. et Hib. pt. iii. No. 736.
Bibliography
- Coxe, H. O. (1852). "Collegii Novi". Catalogus Codicum MSS. qui in Collegiis Aulisque Oxoniensibus. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. pp. 12, 13.
- Dugdale, William (1658). The History of St. Pauls Cathedral in London. Tho. Warren. pp. 277, 282.
- Tugwell, Simon (2004). "Hinton [Henton], Simon of (fl. c. 1248–1262), Dominican theologian". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12995. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
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Further reading
- Bernard, Edward (1697). Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae. Oxford. p. 1063.
- Quétif, Jacques; Échard, Jacques (1719). Scriptores Ordinis Praedicatorum. Vol. 1. Paris: J-B Christophe Ballard. p. 648.
- Tanner, Thomas (1748). Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica. London: William Bowyer. p. 397.