E

Economics (pseudo-Aristotle), 25 ;

attribution of, 388 n.1;

Latin translation of, 280 ;

translation by Oresme, 8 , 25 , 151 , 171 , 281 –82.

See also Yconomique

economy, household, literature on, 280

education, 270–71 ;

in ideal state, 269 ;

musical, 275 –76;

Oresme's attitudes toward, 54 –55;

physical, 274 ;

as theme in Ethiques , 51 –55, 57

Edward III (England), 14

Elizabeth of Hungary, Les voies de Dieu , 8

L'enseignement des enfants nobles (Vincent of Beauvais), translation by Jean Daudin, 8

Epître consolatoire (Vincent of Beauvais), translation by Jean Daudin, 9

Estates General, 14 , 195 , 266 –67

Ethiques (Aristotle), translation by Oresme, xxi , 8 , 25 , 31 , 205 , 297 , 340 n.37;

commentary, 134 –35;

commentary, quoted, 139 ;

date of, 152 ;

discussion of prudence, 127 ;

gloss, quoted, 146 , 149 , 167 , 171 , 368 n.15;

glossary, 27 , 104 , 119 , 127 , 170 ;

glossary, quoted, 73 , 133 –34;

glosses and commentaries in, 29 –30;

illustration program (Book I), 35 –59;

illustration program (Book II), 60 –71;

illustration program (Book III), 72 –82;

illustration program (Book IV), 83 –92;

illustration program (Book V), 93 –116;

illustration program (Book VI), 117 –30;

illustration program (Book VII), 131 –40;

illustration program (Book VIII), 141 –52;

illustration program (Book IX), 153 –62;

illustration program (Book X), 163 –74;

illustrations of, pls. 1 –6, 46–48, 56 , 62 –65, 71 , 74 –77, 84 –87, 96 –97, 110 –11, 118 –19, 124 –25, 132 –33, 136 –37, 142 –45, 154 –57, 164 –65, 168 –69 ;

manner of reading, 39 –42;

manuscripts of, 39 ;

prologue, 28 , 37 ;

prologue, quoted, 37 –39, 51 ;

quoted, 25 –26, 47 –49, 58 , 61 –63, 73 –75, 79 , 83 , 106 , 120 –22, 129 , 147 , 149 , 159 , 166 –67, 170 , 172 –73, 344 n.36, 352 n.17, 353 n.3, 356 n.27, 357 n.20, 360 n.40, 362 n.1, 366 n.10, 372 n.34;

readers of, 37 –39.

See also MS A ; MS C

Evangelist portraits, 130 , 171 ;

dictating to a scribe, 204 ;

Mark, 365 n.57;

Matthew, 365 n.57;

reading, 122

Excess (Superhabondance) (personification), Pl. 2 , 64 , 65 –67, 70 , 71

exempla, 218 , 231

exemplum , use of term, 374 n.20

exile, political, Pl. 9 , 210–11 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 228 ;

Aristotelian concept of, 212

expenditure, excessive, as threat to kingdom, 237