Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl 1230 (scholar, monk and astronomer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: fl 1230
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
De Sphaera mundi by Johannes de Sacrobosco
Part
Identifier: MS 128/ff. 1-11v
Contents
Contained in this manuscript is the basic introduction to the principles of medieval astronomy, De Sphaera mundi. The text was composed in the first part of the thirteenth century by the Englishman Johannes de Sacrobosco (John of Holywood in English) who was an influential scholar, writer and monk working at the University of Paris. The immense popularity and use of this text in the medieval period is evident from the fact that it has survived in hundreds of...
Dates:
14th century