Medieval lore : an epitome of the science, geography, animal and plant folk-lore and myth of the middle age: being classified gleanings from the encyclopaedia of Bartholomew Anglicus on the properties of things [in J.Trevisa's translation] / edited by Robert Steele ; with a preface by William Morris.

Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century.

Date:: 1893

Credit: Medieval lore : an epitome of the science, geography, animal and plant folk-lore and myth of the middle age: being classified gleanings from the encyclopaedia of Bartholomew Anglicus on the properties of things [in J.Trevisa's translation] / edited by Robert Steele ; with a preface by William Morris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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THE SOURCES OF THE BOOK. It is thought that some notes on the authors quoted by Bartholomew Anglicus may be of interest to modern readers, and that these should be more especially directed to the medieval writers with whom the general reader is 7iot expected to be acquainted. The dates in square brackets are those of printed editions of their works. ADAMANTIUS (fl. 258). Origen is quoted under this name. His com- mentaries on the Old Testament are the works quoted from. AEGIDIUS (800). A Benedictine of Athens, and writer on Medicine. ALANUS DE INSULIS, or DE RYSSEL (d. 1203). A monk of Canterbury, most probably an Englishman. His principal work is a poem in 9 books, called Anti-Claudianus, largely quoted by all Middle Age writers. See my notes on Secreta Secretorum (E.E.T.S.) for an account of it. He also wrote De Planctu Naturae, Para- bolas, etc. [Printed fo. Ant., 1653, etc.] ALBERTUS MAGNUS (1193-1280). A famous doctor in the University of Paris and a Dominican Theologian. His works quoted are com- mentaries on the Natural Histories of Aristotle. They have often been printed. He was teacher of Thomas Aquinas and a contemporary of our author. ALBUMAZAR (d. 886). An Arab astronomer. [1489, etc.] ALCUIN (d. 804). An English theologian : the work quoted is his ' De Septem Artibus.' [Rat., 1777, etc.] ALEXANDER NECKHAM, OR NEQUAM (1157-1217). His principal work is ' De Naturis Rerum,' a book little known on the Continent. Its use by Bartholomew is thus another proof of his English birth. ALFARAGUS (9th cent.). An Arab astronomer, whose work is notable as being the chief source of the celebrated astronomical treatise, | The Sphere,' of Johannes Sacrobosco (John of Halifax), a contemporary Englishman. It was the text-book for over three centuries, and was as well known as Euclid. ALFREDUS ANGLICUS (fl. 1200). A physician and translator of Aristotle. See Jacob's ^sop for a discussion on his works. AL GHAZEL (1061-1137). A sceptic opponent of Averroes.

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