Journey of a book: Bartholomew the Englishman and the Properties of Things
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 me...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-391062025-02-12T23:07:31Z Journey of a book: Bartholomew the Englishman and the Properties of Things Keen, Elizabeth history dictionaries encyclopedias Bartholomew the Apostle England Franciscans thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general 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. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2013-11-11 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:54:17Z 2007 book 459303 OCN: 1166380088 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33705 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39106 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33705/1/459303.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33705/1/459303.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33705/1/459303.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33705/1/459303.pdf ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_459303 10.26530/OAPEN_459303 975ba519-3ce2-4517-95bf-b847729fbcf1 199 Canberra open access |
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