Volume 1
Source Note to the Life
¹ In tomo I Editionis Lugdunensis R. P. Petrus Jammy edidit Epitome Vitæ B. Alberti Magni ex gravissimis auctoribus excerpta, sed, fatentibus omnibus, multa et etiam fabulosa admisit. Nos autem doctorum virorum judicio annuentes, huic nostræ editioni præmisimus tum pro vita Alberti Magni tum pro notitia omnium Operum tam editorum quam adhuc manuscriptorum partem operis illius eximii cui titulus: Scriptores ordinis Prædicatorum recensiti, notisque historicis et criticis illustrati, opus quo singulorum vita præclareque gesta referuntur, fabulæ exploduntur, scripta genuina, dubia, supposititia expenduntur; recentiorum de iis judicium aut probatur aut emendatur; codices manuscripti variæque e typis editiones, et ubi habeantur, indicantur, etc. etc.; opus quod inchoavit R. P. Jacobus Quétif et absolvit R. P. Jacobus Echard. Lutetiæ Parisiorum, 1719, 2 in-fol. Quædam tamen, ut par erat, emendare ac complere voluimus ex opere doctoris Joach. Sighart: Albert le Grand, sa vie et sa science d'après les documents originaux. Paris, Vᵉ Poussielgue-Rusand, 1862, in-12. (A. Borgnet).
¹ In volume I of the Lyons edition, Reverend Father Peter Jammy published an Epitome of the Life of Blessed Albert the Great excerpted from the weightiest authors, but, as all admit, he admitted many things, and even fabulous things. But we, agreeing with the judgment of learned men, have prefixed to this edition of ours, both for the life of Albert the Great and for knowledge of all the works, both those published and those still in manuscript, part of that distinguished work whose title is: Writers of the Order of Preachers reviewed and illustrated with historical and critical notes, a work in which the life and illustrious deeds of individuals are related, fables are driven out, genuine, doubtful, and supposititious writings are weighed; the judgment of more recent men concerning them is either approved or corrected; manuscript codices and the various editions from the presses, and where they are held, are indicated, etc., etc.; a work which Reverend Father James Quétif began and Reverend Father James Echard completed. Paris, 1719, two volumes in folio. Certain things, however, as was fitting, we wished to correct and complete from the work of Dr. Joachim Sighart: Albert the Great, his life and his science according to the original documents. Paris, V. Poussielgue-Rusand, 1862, duodecimo. (A. Borgnet).
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