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360:. Unlike the other manuscripts in the collection, Hagius’ handwriting here is far from neat. This might suggest that, though positively inscribed by Hagius, this extant document is not a final version of the work. In fact, the manuscript is illegible at times. The work is a highly detailed and extensive study on many technicalities related to the writing and composition of the Bible.
136:. Unfortunately, no manuscript of Hagius has ever been transliterated, much less translated into any modern language, or even freshly read and studied. Though all of his works basically deal with theological subjects, Hagius consistently examines them from a philosophical point of view, seeking to give sound philosophical basis to his arguments.
330:, Hagius ventures to break off from the beaten track and explore themes which were usually not dealt with very frequently by Scholastics. The work is a collection of nine ‘Books’. An alternative title to the composition, entered at the head of the manuscript, is
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296:("A Short Study on Laws"); unnumbered back to back folios. Like the two former works, this was composed with the assistance of
258:’ doctrines. In fact, the manuscript itself is divided into five ‘Books’, each corresponding to the relevant parts of Aquinas’
170:’s doctrines, as one might expect, but rather an original exposition by Hagius. Nonetheless, it is Scholastic in nature.
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269:("A Study on Vices and Sins"); unnumbered back to back folios, and marked as MS. 32#3 at the
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