Note 167 — Chapter VI · SCOT TRANSLATES AVERROËS

‘Michael Scotus, ignarus quidem et verborum et rerum, fere omnia quae sub nomine ejus prodierunt, ab Andrea quodam Judaeo mutuatus est.’—Opus Majus. In his Compendium Studii, a much later work, Bacon repeats the accusation in a milder form: ‘Michael Scotus ascripsit sibi translationes multas. Sed certum est quod Andreas quidam Judaeus plus laboravit in his.’ It has been conjectured that Andrew was a convert to Christianity, v. Renan, who cites the preface to Jebb’s edition of the Opus Tertium of Bacon. It is curious at any rate that the name given him was that of Scotland’s patron saint.