Hermann Oorwist, known as Hermannus Teutonicus or Theutonicus,Heinrich Denifle and Franz Ehrle, Archiv für Literatur- und Kirchengeschichte des Mittelalters (Berlin, 1886), vol. 2, p. 232. was a 14th-century Dominican preacher and author.Harry Caplan, Mediaeval Artes Praedicandi: A Hand-List (Cornell University Press, 1934), pp. 34, 38. According to , he wrote the following three works:Jacques Quétif and Jacques Échard, Scriptores ordinis praedicatorum recensiti, notisque historicis et criticis illustrati (Paris, 1719), p. 727.
, a treatise on the technical art of preaching that is apparently lostM. Michèle Mulchahey, "First the Bow is Bent in Study—": Dominican Education Before 1350 (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1998), pp. 474–475.
Hermann is the anonymous "N. Teutonicus" mentioned by Leandro Alberti. His surname, Oorwist, is known only from a marginal note in a copy of Alberti, which was seen by Pedro de Alva.
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