Knowledge of nature and the world in the Middle Ages, according to some French writings for the use of lay people.

Includes chapters on:

• Philippe de Thaon (bestiaire)
• Gossuin de Metz (L'image du monde)
• Bartholomaeus Anglicus (De proprietatibus rerum
• The Book of Sidrach
• Placides et Timeo ou Li secrés as philosophes
• Brunetto Latini (Le livre du tresor<)

Language: French