Pierre Bersuire

Pierre Bersuire was a French writer, historian, translator and monk (1290–1362). He was born at Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin and died at Paris.

Also recorded as Pierre Bercheure; Pierre Berchoire; Petrus Berchorius; Petrus Bercorius; Pierre Berçuire.

Pierre Bersuire in brief

Born
1290
Died
1362
Known for
writer, historian, translator and monk
Place of birth
Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Pierre Bercheure, Pierre Berchoire, Petrus Berchorius, Petrus Bercorius and Pierre Berçuire. His recorded languages were medieval Latin and Old French.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 5: Livre de Tytus Livius de hystoire roumaine, Reductorium morale, Repertorium morale, Collatio pro fine operis and Sermones.

Catalogued works

31 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1477 to 1956.

Ovidius moralizatus. Reductorium morale. Repertorium morale. Collatio pro fine operis. Sermones. Metamorphosis Ouidina Moraliter a Magistro Thoma Walleys Anglico de professione praedicatorum sub sanctissimo patre Dominico. [Liber Bibliae moralis]. Petri Berchorii pictaviensis ordinis D. Benedicti Opera omnia. Incipit opus preclarum super vtrumq[ue] Testamentum ... quod intitulatur Moralizationes Biblie ... Reductorii moralis libri quattuordecim. Repertorium, vulgo, dictionarium morale, sive tomus tertius, editio nova. [Repertorium morale]. Opera omnia. Liber biblie moralis expositionum interpretacionumq[ue], historiarum ac figura[rum], veteris nouiq[ue] testamenti peroptimus incipit feliciter. In nomine trinitatis indiuidue. Repertoriū morale ̲putile predicatorib[us]. R.P. Petri Berchorii Pietaviensis, ordinis S. Benedicti. Morale reductorium in omneis vtriusq. Petri Berchorii Pictaviensis ... opera omnia. Petri Berchorii ... Opera omnia in sex tomos distincta. Petri Berchorii ... Opera omnia. Dictionarij, seu, Repertorij moralis Petri Berchorij Pictauiensis Ordinis Diui Benedicti, pars prima[-tertia]. Metamorphosis Ovidiana moraliter ... explanata. Ovidius mathamorphoseos moralizatus. Petrus Berchorius. Dictionarius s. Repertorium morale. Liber bibliae moralis. Reductorii moralis libri quattuordecim, perfectam officiorum atque morum rationem ac pene totam naturae complectentes historiam / [Petrus Berchorius]., dated 1521, held by Wellcome Collection. Repertorium, vulgo, dictionarium morale, sive tomus tertius, editio nova / [Petrus Berchorius]., dated 1609, held by Wellcome Collection. I doveri del medico nel pensiero del benedettino Pietro Berchoire / U.A. Pini., dated 1956, held by Wellcome Collection. Dictionarium seu Repertorium morale fratris Petri Berchorii,... tribus distinctum partibus... - "A la fin du T. Ier" : Explicit prima pars Dictionarii... opera et impensis Claudii Chevallon, anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo primo... - "A la fin du T. III" : Explicit tertia et ultima pars Dictionarii moralis... anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo secundo... [Secunda Pars], dated [1521-1522?], held by Wellcome Collection. Liber bibliae moralis Petrus Berchorius, dated 1477, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

12 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Du Reductorium au Repertorium morale. La méthode de Pierre Bersuire, I quaderni del m.æ.s. - Journal of Mediæ Ætatis Sodalicium, 2025. Pierre Bersuire, Reductorium Morale, Codices Vossiani Chymici, 1975. Deux documents inédits sur Pierre Bersuire, Romania, 1959. Pierre Bersuire, Revue Bénédictine, 1902. Deux documents inédits sur Pierre Bersuire, Romania, 1911. Femmes et conflits dans l’imaginaire historié de la Rome des Valois, E-Spania, 2019. Reexamining Two Mythological Ballads from Christine de Pizan’s Cent Balades, Studia Litterarum, 2018. Geoffrey Chaucer’s "The Merchant’s Tale", Giovanni Boccaccio’s "The Tale of the Enchanted Pear-Tree", and "Sir Orfeo" Viewed as Eroticized Versions of the Folktales about Supernatural Wives, Text Matters, 2013. Ovidius moralizatus by Pierre Bersuire: target audience, exegetical and ideological context, Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология, 2018. Pierre Bersuire como intérprete de las Metamorfosis de Ovidio: observaciones sobre el Diluvio, Licaón y Faetón en el Ovidius Moralizatus, Auster, 2023. Du Reductorium au Repertorium morale. La méthode de Pierre Bersuire, I Quaderni del MAES, 2025. L''Ovidius moralizatus' de Pierre Bersuire. Essai de mise au point, Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures, 2017.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Petri Berchorii ... Opera omnia, totam S. Scripturae morum, naturae historiam complectentia; ... in tribus tomis distincta tomus primus tertius Editio postrema, correcta, à varijs mendis recognita, ac locis tam S. Scripturae quàm Patrum aucta Coloniae Agrippinae apud Antonium & Arnoldum Hieratos fratres, 1631 Reductorium mor (1631) — Internet Archive. Reductorii moralis Petri Berchorii Pictauiensis ordinis diui Benedicti, libri quattuordecim perfectam officiorum atque morum rationem, ac penè totam naturae complectens historiam (1575) — Internet Archive. Histoire romaine de Tite Live (1830) — Internet Archive. Reductorium morale super totam Bibliam F. Petri Berchorii Pictauiensis, ... quattuor & triginta libris consummatum, singulisque secundum materiae exigentiam capitibus aptissime distinctum, vbi notabiliorum, historiarum, ac figurarum veteris & noui testamentorum, praemissa compendiosa textus summa, tropologica seu allegorica atqu (1583) — Internet Archive. Reductorii moralis Petri Berchorii Pictauiensis ordinis diui Benedicti, libri quatuordecim perfectam officiorum atque morum rationem, ac penè totam naturae complectentes historiam ... Adiectus est index capitum locupletissimus (1583) — Internet Archive. Petri Berchorii ... Opera omnia, totam S. Scripturae morum, naturae historiam complectentia; ... in tribus tomis distincta tomus primus tertius Editio postrema, correcta, à varijs mendis recognita, ac locis tam S. Scripturae quàm Patrum aucta Coloniae Agrippinae apud Antonium & Arnoldum Hieratos fratres, 1631 Repertorium, vu (1631) — Internet Archive. Tropologiarum mysticarumque enarrationum in vtrumque diuine legis testamentum libri trigintaquatuor venerabilis patris Petri Bertorij Pictauiensis ... Opus iuxta bibliorum ordinem digestum et miscellanea expositione concinnatum omnibus sacram scripturam vel intelligere vel interpretari cupientibus imprimis commodum nuperrimeque (1520) — Internet Archive. Le second volume des grans decades de Titus Liuius (1530) — Internet Archive. Fratris Petri Berthorij Pictauiensis ordinis diui patris Benedicti ... Morale reductorium super totam Bibliam quattuor et triginta libris consummatum singulisque ... capitibus aptissime distinctum vbi notabiliorum historiarum, ac figurarum veteris et noui testamentorum praemissa compendiosa textus summa tropologica seu allegoric (1515) — Internet Archive. Morale reductorium super totam Bibliam fratris Petri Berthorij Pictauiensis, ordinis diui Benedicti diuinarum literarum studiosissimi quatuor et triginta libris consummatum singulisque ... capitibus aptissime distinctum vbi notabiliorum, historiarum, ac figurarum veteris et noui testamentorum praemissa compendiosa textus summa t (1517) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Pierre Bersuire studied at University of Paris. the recorded working language is medieval Latin and Old French.

Works named in the authority record are Livre de Tytus Livius de hystoire roumaine, Reductorium morale, Repertorium morale, Collatio pro fine operis and Sermones.

Chronology

  1. 1290Pierre Bersuire born at Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin.
  2. 1362Pierre Bersuire died at Paris.
  3. 1575Reductorii moralis Petri Berchorii Pictauiensis ordinis diui Benedicti, libri quattuordecim perfectam officiorum atque morum rationem, ac penè totam naturae complectens historiam digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1583Reductorium morale super totam Bibliam F. Petri Berchorii Pictauiensis, ... quattuor & triginta libris consummatum, singulisque secundum materiae exigentiam capitibus aptissime distinctum, vbi notabiliorum, historiarum, ac figurarum veteris & noui testamentorum, praemissa compendiosa textus summa, tropologica seu allegorica atqu digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1583Reductorii moralis Petri Berchorii Pictauiensis ordinis diui Benedicti, libri quatuordecim perfectam officiorum atque morum rationem, ac penè totam naturae complectentes historiam ... Adiectus est index capitum locupletissimus digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1631Petri Berchorii ... Opera omnia, totam S. Scripturae morum, naturae historiam complectentia; ... in tribus tomis distincta tomus primus tertius Editio postrema, correcta, à varijs mendis recognita, ac locis tam S. Scripturae quàm Patrum aucta Coloniae Agrippinae apud Antonium & Arnoldum Hieratos fratres, 1631 Reductorium mor digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1631Petri Berchorii ... Opera omnia, totam S. Scripturae morum, naturae historiam complectentia; ... in tribus tomis distincta tomus primus tertius Editio postrema, correcta, à varijs mendis recognita, ac locis tam S. Scripturae quàm Patrum aucta Coloniae Agrippinae apud Antonium & Arnoldum Hieratos fratres, 1631 Repertorium, vu digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1830Histoire romaine de Tite Live digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Deux documents inédits sur Pierre Bersuire, Romania, 1911

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    Deux documents inédits sur Pierre Bersuire, Romania, 1959

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  3. 3.

    Du Reductorium au Repertorium morale. La méthode de Pierre Bersuire, I quaderni del m.æ.s. - Journal of Mediæ Ætatis Sodalicium, 2025

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Pierre Bersuire (Internet Archive), 17 catalogued works.

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  5. 5.

    Pierre Bersuire, Reductorium Morale, Codices Vossiani Chymici, 1975

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    Pierre Bersuire, Revue Bénédictine, 1902

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 7 articles naming Pierre Bersuire.

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    Internet Archive, 14 digitised items catalogued under Pierre Bersuire as creator.

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 8 works naming Pierre Bersuire.

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1370726: Pierre Bersuire

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  11. 11.

    “Pierre Bersuire”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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