Jan Van der Weyden, Latinized Johannes de Pascuis, was a monk of the

Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...

Abbey of Dunes in the

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who studied at the

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, graduating

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in 1456.

Adriaan Pattin Adriaan Pattin (1914–2005) was a Belgian historian of medieval philosophy. His 1966 edition of the Pseudo-Aristotelian ''Liber de Causis'', although intended to be "provisional", was for decades the best version available to scholars. Life Pattin ...

, "Pascuis (Van der Weyden), Johannes de", '' Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek'', vol. 16 (2002), 630-631. After his studies he returned to Flanders with two precious manuscripts – ''Expositio Origenis in Matheum'' (a 13th-century Latin version of

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's ''Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew'') and ''Policraticus Iohannis Salabriensis de nugis curialium'' (a 14th-century manuscript of

John of Salisbury John of Salisbury (late 1110s – 25 October 1180), who described himself as Johannes Parvus ("John the Little"), was an English author, philosopher, educationalist, diplomat and bishop of Chartres. Early life and education Born at Salisbury, En ...

's ''

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'') – both of which are now in

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