Archive for March, 2023

Encyclopedic Beasts

Well, that was a lot of work! With this update I have added all of the animal chapters (470+) from the Liber de natura rerum of Thomas of Cantimpré, a thirteenth century encyclopedia. That includes over 100 new and newly identified beasts, an English translation/paraphrase of the Latin text from each chapter (seen under the […]

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Thanks, and an Explanation

Thanks to those who have sent me new information, updates and corrections. All such assistance is greatly appreciated. So why have you not seen your contributions online? Well… I am just one old man with database that needs to be updated, and that takes time. I have an enormous backlog of stuff waiting to be […]

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