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M. C. Seymour et al., Bartholomaeus Anglicus and his Encyclopedia (Aldershot and Brookfield: Variorum, 1992). vii + 163 pp. ISBN 0-86078-326-x. L45.00.
Following on from the critical edition of John Trevisa's English translation of the De proprietatibus rerum by the friar minor Bartholomaeus Anglicus, one of the most influential encyclopaedias of the thirteenth century, M. C. Seymour and his team of collaborators are now able to present their study of the sources. This is an extremely important project, especially in view of the lack of a complete critical edition of the Latin. For books III and IV we have the edition and commentary by R. J. Long (Toronto 1979), whereas for the rest we are dependent on the 1964 reprint of the Frankfurt edition of 1601 Bartholomaeus claims to be completely dependent on secondary authorities (`de meo pauca vel quasi...