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Dear Juris, If you have not already looked at the following work you might find some clues about the identity of Petrus de Amore: Marie-Anne Polo de Beaulieu, ed.,* La Scala Coeli de Jean Gobi*, Sources d'histoire medievale (Paris: CNRS 1991). This edition presents several hundred exempla often accompanied by moralizations and allegorical interpretations. Like Herolt, Jean Gobi (c.1350) the compiler/author of the of Scala was a Dominican. There is a useful introduction, which if I recall correctly, discusses the exempla collections that Dominicans often relied upon. (By the way, Petrus Alphonsi (d.1140) compiled a collection of 39 dialogues between a magister and his student entitled Disciplina clericalis. It was used later by preachers as a source for exempla. However, I do not see how Petrus Alphonsi can be construed as Petrus de Amore! But perhaps someone else out there knows if they are one and they same.) Good luck in your search! Dr Carolyn Muessig Department of Theology and Religious Studies University of Bristol Bristol BS8 1TB UK phone: +44(0)117-928-8168 fax: +44(0)117-929-7850 e-mail: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%