Bartholomaeus (Anglicus)

or Bartholomew the Englishman

(flourished c. 1220–40) Franciscan encyclopedist. Though primarily interested in scripture and theology, in his 19-volume encyclopedia he covered all customary knowledge of his time and was the first to make readily available the views of Greek, Jewish, and Arabic scholars on medical and scientific subjects. The encyclopedia was printed in English translation c. 1495.

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