Bees

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)....

Contents Bartholomaeus Anglicus (Bartholomew the Englishman, before 1203 - 1272) was a Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher and author, around mid-13th century, of the encyclopaedic work De proprietatibus rerum ('On the nature of things').First extract (ch. 18.11): it begins on f. 55r with the words Apis est animal multipes et breve inter omnia animantia; it ends on f. 59r with the words...