An edition of Reading the world (2012)
Reading the world
encyclopedic writing in the scholastic age
By Mary Franklin-Brown
Publish Date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press,University of Chicago Press
Language
eng
Pages
424
Description:
In this study, Mary Franklin-Brown examines writings in Latin Catalan, and French that are connected to the encyclopedic movement: Vincent of Beauvais's 'Speculum maius', Ramon Llull's 'Arbor scientiae' and 'Libre de meravelles', and Jean de Meun's continuation of the 'Roman de la Rose'.
subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries, History and criticism, Medieval Literature, Vincent, of beauvais, -1264, Literature, medieval, history and criticism, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, history and criticism
People: Vincent of Beauvais (d. 1264), Ramon Llull (1232?-1316), Guillaume de Lorris (fl. 1230)