John Peckham

"And therefore, Sire, altho' I am ready, so far as is in me, to dedicate the place for the Cistercian monks at Meynan, yet I could not do it without the full assent of the bishop and of his chapter, an…"

"Among all the studies of natural causes and reasons, light most delights the contemplators; among the great things of mathematics, the certainty of its demonstrations most illustriously elevates the m…"

"Formerly the Church with its prelates of old time, was golden in wisdom, silver in cleanness of life, brazen in eloquence, which are three things needful to a preacher; that is, brightness of wisdom, …"

"John Foxe, The Church Historians of England: Reformation Period, Vol.2, Part 2"

"Light from a concave luminous body is received most powerfully at the centre. The reason for this is that, for every point of a concave body, perpendicular rays, which are stronger than others, conver…"

"C.L. Kingsford, "Peckham, John" in Sir Sidney Lee Dictionary of National Biography Vol.44 Paston-Percy"

"compress into concise summaries the teachings of perspective, which are presented with great obscurity."

"As you see double if you push the eye out of its place with your finger; so prelates, through evil counsel, judge a priest to be worthy of two benefices, when he ought to be contented with one."