The journey of a book : Bartholomew the Englishman and the Properties of things /
Keen, Elizabeth Joy,
The journey of a book : Bartholomew the Englishman and the Properties of things / Elizabeth Keen. - 1 online resource
Introduction -- Literary approaches -- 'Properties' as a guide to salvation -- The world and the journey -- 'Properties', salvation and social order in late-medieval England -- An authoritative source -- Navigating tides of change: Bartholomew and the English -- Conclusion -- British Library Manuscript Arundel 123, the contents of the codex -- Abridgement of 'Properties' in Bodleian Library Manuscript Laud Miscellany 682. Appendix A. Appendix B.
De proprietatibus rerum, 'On the properties of things', has long been referred to by scholars as a medieval encyclopedia, but evidence suggests that it has been many things to many people. The sheer number of extant manuscript copies and printed editions, along with translations, adaptations, and mentions in poems and sermons, testify to its continuous significance for Europeans of all estates and different walks of life, from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries. While first compiled soon after the time of St Francis by a humble continental friar to meet the needs of his expanding religious brotherhood, by 1600 English men of letters had claimed Bartholomew as a noble compatriot and national treasure. What was it about the work that propelled it through a progression of medieval cultures and into an exalted position in the world of English letters? This reception history traces evidence for the journey of 'Properties' over four centuries of social, political and religious change.
English.
9781921313073 1921313072
10.26530/OAPEN_459303 doi
ANU E Press, WK Hancock Library, The Australian National University ACT 0200 22573/ctt236j69 JSTOR
Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century. De proprietatibus rerum.
Bartholomaeus Anglicus 1190-1250 De proprietatibus rerum
De proprietatibus rerum (Bartholomaeus, Anglicus)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.--Early works to 1600
Philosophy of nature--Early works to 1800.
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800.
HISTORY--Medieval.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Philosophy of nature.
Weltbild
history. dictionaries. encyclopedias.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works.
AE2
390
The journey of a book : Bartholomew the Englishman and the Properties of things / Elizabeth Keen. - 1 online resource
Introduction -- Literary approaches -- 'Properties' as a guide to salvation -- The world and the journey -- 'Properties', salvation and social order in late-medieval England -- An authoritative source -- Navigating tides of change: Bartholomew and the English -- Conclusion -- British Library Manuscript Arundel 123, the contents of the codex -- Abridgement of 'Properties' in Bodleian Library Manuscript Laud Miscellany 682. Appendix A. Appendix B.
De proprietatibus rerum, 'On the properties of things', has long been referred to by scholars as a medieval encyclopedia, but evidence suggests that it has been many things to many people. The sheer number of extant manuscript copies and printed editions, along with translations, adaptations, and mentions in poems and sermons, testify to its continuous significance for Europeans of all estates and different walks of life, from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries. While first compiled soon after the time of St Francis by a humble continental friar to meet the needs of his expanding religious brotherhood, by 1600 English men of letters had claimed Bartholomew as a noble compatriot and national treasure. What was it about the work that propelled it through a progression of medieval cultures and into an exalted position in the world of English letters? This reception history traces evidence for the journey of 'Properties' over four centuries of social, political and religious change.
English.
9781921313073 1921313072
10.26530/OAPEN_459303 doi
ANU E Press, WK Hancock Library, The Australian National University ACT 0200 22573/ctt236j69 JSTOR
Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century. De proprietatibus rerum.
Bartholomaeus Anglicus 1190-1250 De proprietatibus rerum
De proprietatibus rerum (Bartholomaeus, Anglicus)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.--Early works to 1600
Philosophy of nature--Early works to 1800.
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800.
HISTORY--Medieval.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Philosophy of nature.
Weltbild
history. dictionaries. encyclopedias.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works.
AE2
390