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Reading the World: Encyclopedic Writing in the Scholastic Age
Mary Franklin-Brown
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Hardcover. The thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called in the century of the encyclopedias. In this study, the author examines writings in Latin, Catalan, and French that are connected to the encyclopedic movement. Num Pages: 424 pages, 5 colour plates, 21 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 2ADC; 2ADF; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 808. Encyclopedic Writing in the Scholastic Age. 424 pages, 5 colour plates, 21 halftones, 3 tables. The thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called in the century of the encyclopedias. In this study, the author examines writings in Latin, Catalan, and French that are connected to the encyclopedic movement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2ADC; 2ADF; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 36. Weight: 798.
The thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called in the "century of the encyclopedias." Variously referred to as a speculum, thesaurus, or imago mundi - the term encyclopedia was not commonly applied to such books until the eighteenth century - these texts were organized in such a way that a reader could easily locate a collection of authoritative statements on any given topic. Because they reproduced, rather than simply summarized, parts of prior texts, these compilations became libraries in miniature. In this groundbreaking study, Mary Franklin-Brown examines writings in Latin, ... Read more
The thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called in the "century of the encyclopedias." Variously referred to as a speculum, thesaurus, or imago mundi - the term encyclopedia was not commonly applied to such books until the eighteenth century - these texts were organized in such a way that a reader could easily locate a collection of authoritative statements on any given topic. Because they reproduced, rather than simply summarized, parts of prior texts, these compilations became libraries in miniature. In this groundbreaking study, Mary Franklin-Brown examines writings in Latin, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226260686
SKU
V9780226260686
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About Mary Franklin-Brown
Mary Franklin-Brown is assistant professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota.
Reviews for Reading the World: Encyclopedic Writing in the Scholastic Age
"Mary Franklin-Brown has taken on the very difficult task of making the medieval encyclopedia accessible as literature and developed an original and very effective method for doing so. It has required the powers of a sophisticated literary critic together with an art historian's ability to interpret manuscript illustrations and a codicologist's understanding of the layout of the manuscript page. The ... Read more