bartholomaeus anglicus

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Definition von bartholomaeus anglicus im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

or Bartholomew the Englishman flourished 1220-40 Franciscan encyclopedist. Though primarily interested in scripture and theology, in his 19-volume encyclopedia On the Properties of Things he covered all customary knowledge of his time and was the first to make readily available the views of Greek, Jewish, and Arabic scholars on medical and scientific subjects. The encyclopedia was printed in English translation 1495