| LC control no. | n 88135864 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Thomas, von Erfurt, active 14th century |
| Variant(s) | Thomas, of Erfurt, active 14th century Thomas von Erfurt, 14th cent. Thomas, von Erfurt, 14th cent. Von Erfurt, Thomas, active 14th century Thomas, de Erfordia, active 14th century Thomas, de Occam, active 14th century Thomas, d'Erfurt, active 14th century Thomas, Erfordensis, active 14th century Thomas, Erfurtensis, active 14th century Thomasius, Erfurtiensis, active 14th century Tommaso, di Erfurt, active 14th century |
| Biography/History note | Thomas, von Erfurt was a 14th-century German teacher and grammarian best known for his Novi modi significandi (or De modis significandi), which advanced a theory of universal meaning for words. He also wrote Fundamentum puerorum and commentaries on philosophical texts. |
| Beginning date | 13 |
| Associated country | Germany |
| Located | Erfurt (Germany) |
| Field of activity | Grammar Philosophy Teaching |
| Found in | Gabler, D. Die semantischen und syntaktischen Funktionen ... c1987: t.p. (Thomas von Erfurt) LC data base, 9-28-88 (hdg.: Thomas von Erfurt, 14th cent.) NUC pre 56 imp., v. 590 (Thomas von Erfurt, 14th cent.) His Grammatica speculativa, 1972: t.p. (Thomas of Erfurt) "Thomas von Erfurt (Thomas de Erfordia, Thomas de Occam)," Deutsche Biographie (online), viewed on May 31, 2023 (Taught in Erfurt at St. Severus and St. Jakob as a "magister regens"; in later manuscripts, the name "Thomas de Occam" appears, but it may not reference him; his main work is the Novi modi significandi, which argued that words have specific lexical meanings within a language and also share universal meaning that transcends individual languages) <https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz132155.html> "Thomas d'Erfurt," CERL Thesaurus (online), viewed on May 31, 2023 (Grammairien; De modis significandi seu Grammatica speculativa; Maestro d'arti della prima metà del XIV secolo, insegnò logica e grammatica ad Erfurt dove era rettore di una scuola; variants: Thomas, de Erfordia; Thomas Erfordensis; Thomas Erfurtensis; Thomasius, Erfurtiensis; Tommaso di Erfurt) <https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01325062> |
| Not found in | Stammler, Goedecke, Kosch, Allg. dt. Biog. |
| Associated language | lat |
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