Journey of a book: Bartholomew the Englishman and the Properties of Things : 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, adaptatio...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keen, Elizabeth (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Canberra ANU Press 2007
Subjects:
Online Access:Get Fullteks
DOAB: description of the publication
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
LEADER 02240naaaa2200325uu 4500
001 doab_20_500_12854_39106
020 |a OAPEN_459303 
024 7 |a 10.26530/OAPEN_459303  |c doi 
041 0 |a English 
042 |a dc 
072 7 |a DSBB  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a DSBD  |2 bicssc 
100 1 |a Keen, Elizabeth  |4 auth 
245 1 0 |a Journey of a book: Bartholomew the Englishman and the Properties of Things : Bartholomew the Englishman and the Properties of Things 
260 |a Canberra  |b ANU Press  |c 2007 
300 |a 1 electronic resource (199 p.) 
506 0 |a Open Access  |2 star  |f Unrestricted online access 
520 |a 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. 
540 |a All rights reserved  |4 http://oapen.org/content/about-rights 
546 |a English 
650 7 |a Literary studies: classical, early & medieval  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800  |2 bicssc 
653 |a history 
653 |a dictionaries 
653 |a encyclopedias 
653 |a Bartholomew the Apostle 
653 |a England 
653 |a Franciscans 
856 4 0 |a www.oapen.org  |u https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33705/1/459303.pdf  |7 0  |z Get Fullteks 
856 4 0 |a www.oapen.org  |u https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39106  |7 0  |z DOAB: description of the publication