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Bassus, Cassianus, fl 560-640 (Greek writer)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: late 6th-early 7th century - 640

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Geoponica, including excerpts of De re rustica by Cassianus Bassus, ? late 16th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 230
Contents This manuscript contains the Geoponica, a twenty-book compilation including texts on various agricultural subjects, chiefly drawing on the writings of Cassianus Bassus (6th-7th c.), who himself used the work of an earlier Greek author, Vindonius Anatolius (4th c., also known as Anatolius of Berytus). The Geoponica was written by an unknown writer in the 10th century at the behest of the Emperor Constantine VII...
Dates: ? late 16th century