Allegories
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Use for : Allegorical literature
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Capitula of Bonum universale de Apibus by Thomas of Cantimpré (followed by an excerpt from the same work), 15th century
part
Identifier: MS 78/ff. 52r-54v
Contents
Thomas of Cantipré (1201 - 1272?) was Flemish Dominican friar, preacher and theologian. In this moral and allegorical work, composed in the middle of the 13th century, he takes bees as a positive example of industry and as a term of comparison for the correct functioning of religious hierarchies and the appropriate behaviour of the wider Christian community. The manuscript only contains the list of chapter headings and a brief excerpt from the second book (2.53.14-15)....
Dates:
15th century
De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii [incomplete] by Martianus Capella, 12th century
Part
Identifier: MS 16/ff. 150r-157r
Contents
This section of the manuscript contains a version of De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii ('On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury'), by Martianus Capella. This text was originally composed in the 5th century and is a commentary on the liberal arts, written as an elaborate allegory in verse and prose.In this manuscript, this text starts on f.150r with the words Tu quem psallentem and ends on f.157r with ...
Dates:
12th century