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Roger Bacon

English polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)

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Philosophy of nature
Theology

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  • An archangel revealing the physical nature of the universe to a group of natural philosophers and mathematicians. Etching by James Barry, 1795, after his painting.
  • Roger Bacon: the tower known as Roger Bacon's study, Oxford. Coloured line engraving by M.A. Rooker, ca. 1780.
  • Oxford: Friar Bacon's study, with the river. Line engraving.
  • Roger Bacon. Stipple engraving after Ægidius Sadeler.
  • Roger Bacon. Stipple engraving, 1786.
  • Friar Bacon's Study, Oxford: including the river. Line engraving by G. Hawkins.
  • Roger Bacon conducting an alchemical experiment in a vaulted cloister. Etching by J. Nasmyth, 1845.
  • Roger Bacon. Line engraving by Beyssent after Mlle Cl. Reydellet.
  • A man sleeps between Roger Bacon (?) and a musician: a brass head proclaims time present and the past. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.
  • Roger Bacon. Stipple engraving.
  • Roger Bacon. Line engraving by Beyssent after Mlle Cl. Reydellet.

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Richardus, Anglicus, -1252.
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān.
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