A Cusanus Ladin Hypothesis

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That's overwhelming. Just looking at the astronomical texts, there are works from Ptolemy and several Islamic sources, and the Alphosine tables. Reference info would seem up to date, so why would there be any connection with the totally off-beat illustration of the cosmos as seen in the VMs?

There is no Oresme, no de Metz, no de Pizan, no Notre Dame - as found in the libraries of Berry and Burgundy. It's a very different situation. 

Thanks.

Cusanus certainly had a significant stash of Ramon Llull manuscripts. In 1428 he was in Paris at the monastery of Vauvert making copies of 26 works by Llull. It was important copying because some parties in Paris had a dim view of Llull and actively sought out his works to destroy them. Cusanus sought to preserve Llull. 

What is remarkable is that in all his writings he only mentions Llull twice, in two sermons. He was very influenced by Llull and fascinated by the Llullian Art, and collected Llull's writings, but it was something about which he was cautious. I find his silence interesting.