Cosmographia / / Bernardus Silvestris : edited with introduction and notes by Peter Dronke.
Cosmographia, also known as De mundi universitate, is a Latin philosophical allegory, dealing with the creation of the universe, by the twelfth-century author Bernardus Silvestris. In form, it is a prosimetrum, in which passages of prose alternate with verse passages in various classical meters.
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| Superior document: | Textus minores ; volume 53 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, 1978. |
| Year of Publication: | 1978 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Textus minores ;
volume 53. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 196 pages). |
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| Summary: | Cosmographia, also known as De mundi universitate, is a Latin philosophical allegory, dealing with the creation of the universe, by the twelfth-century author Bernardus Silvestris. In form, it is a prosimetrum, in which passages of prose alternate with verse passages in various classical meters. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004621199 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Bernardus Silvestris : edited with introduction and notes by Peter Dronke. |