New Witnesses to the Arts Quodlibetal Tradition at the University of Prague. Revealing the Possible Quodlibetal Books of Nicholas Magni of Javor (1395) and Henry of Homberg (1396)

This article offers a significant reassessment of the quodlibetal tradition at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prague in the late fourteenth century. Drawing on a close analysis of three previously understudied manuscripts preserved in Kraków, it identifies and interprets new quodlibetal books that can plausibly be attributed to the disputations of Nicholas Magni of Jawor (1395) and Henry of Homberg (1396). By reconstructing the structure, thematic scope, and textual transmission of these materials, the study provides fresh insight into the intellectual practices of Prague masters and the functioning of quodlibetal debates. It also highlights the strong interplay between arts and theology, demonstrating how theological authorities and questions permeated the curriculum of the Faculty of Arts. More broadly, the article refines the chronology of Prague quodlibeta and advances our understanding of their role as central scholarly events that shaped late medieval academic culture. In doing so, it contributes new evidence and a revised interpretative framework to the study of medieval university disputations.