the Pipe and Tabor compendium

the Pipe and Tabor compendium

essays on the three-hole pipe

medieval manuscripts

1240's De proprietatibus rerum (On the nature of things, or On the properties of things)

from Book 1 of an encyclopedia, De proprietatibus rerum (On the nature of things, or On the properties of things), written some time before 1260 (probably between 1242 and 1247). The De proprietatibus rerum was an immediate success, and continued to be popular for centuries and was translated into several European languages and many printed editions, including the English edition in 1410, and mid 15th century, French, Italian

1483 printed Latin

1483 printed with hand-painted initial

The author, Bartholomew the Englishman, a Franciscan monk, covered all the sciences as known at that time, including theology, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, chronology, zoology, botany, geography, and mineralogy. The work was to serve as instruction for his fellow Franciscans, who were expected to be educated but did not have the time or means to study each discipline individually. The work is in nineteen books (19 being 12 + 7, the 12 signs of the zodiac plus the seven planets, so meaning universality). There are many online commentries such as this one, and images of hens.


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