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Having studied with pioneers in philosophy and science, Bernardus Silvestris became a renowned teacher of literary and poetic composition. His versatility as scholar, philosopher, and scientist is apparent in this collection, particularly his masterpiece the Cosmographia, which has been compared to the poetry of Lucretius and Giordano Bruno.

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This most welcome volume makes a significant contribution to the study of 12th-century cosmological Latin literature… The translation of the Cosmographia in particular is fluid and lucid, and this comparative format makes a historically influential but famously difficult medieval allegorical Latin text accessible to a broad readership. -- J. S. Louzonis * Choice *

Poetic Works

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    A Hardback by Bernardus Silvestris, Winthrop Wetherbee

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 20/04/2015
      ISBN13: 9780674743786, 978-0674743786
      ISBN10: 0674743784

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Having studied with pioneers in philosophy and science, Bernardus Silvestris became a renowned teacher of literary and poetic composition. His versatility as scholar, philosopher, and scientist is apparent in this collection, particularly his masterpiece the Cosmographia, which has been compared to the poetry of Lucretius and Giordano Bruno.

      Trade Review
      This most welcome volume makes a significant contribution to the study of 12th-century cosmological Latin literature… The translation of the Cosmographia in particular is fluid and lucid, and this comparative format makes a historically influential but famously difficult medieval allegorical Latin text accessible to a broad readership. -- J. S. Louzonis * Choice *

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