Omne Bonum - Fourteenth-century Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (Hardcover, Annotated edition)

This book offers an opportunity to understand one man's view of a moment in medieval history. Professor Sandler identifies the compiler and scribe of the 1100-folio encyclopaedia, written and illustrated in the third quarter of the 14th century. James le Palmer's vast compilation of medieval learning, taken from different sources, covers topics such as theology, canon law, natural sciences, history of man, liberal arts, etc., and entries are arranged alphabetically.;Not only does this book discuss in detail the compiler, the contents, organization, sources and sequence of production of this manuscript, but the catalogue also lists every entry, and reproduces the illustration, usually as a historiated initial, where it occurs in the manuscript.

General

Imprint:	Harvey Miller Publishers
Country of origin:	Belgium
Release date:	September 1997
First published:	1996
Authors:	Lucy Freeman Sandler
Dimensions:	280 x 210 x 51mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Volumes:	2
Pages:	544
Edition:	Annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-872501-75-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Antiques & collectables > Books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > General encyclopaedias Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	1-872501-75-3
Barcode:	9781872501758

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