Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0092
Lambertus Sancti Audomari canonicus, Liber Floridus
In the first half of the 12th century, a canon named Lambertus, from the current town of Sint-Omer in northern France, feared that knowledge would be lost to future generations. In his Liber Floridus, a medieval encyclopaedia, he tried to preserve as much of his predecessors’ works as possible. Lambertus arranged the subjects organically, not alphabetically. Ghent’s autograph copy, a listed Flemish Masterpiece, was written by the author himself. The text, covering cosmographic, biblical, historical and other subjects, is beautifully illustrated. See www.liberfloridus.be [Flandrica]
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Manuscript ID
mmfc-50478
Title
Lambertus Sancti Audomari canonicus, Liber Floridus
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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent,
HS.0092
Other numbers
8
(Repertorium van verluchte handschriften 'Collectie Vlaanderen')
shelfmark variant
Ms. 92
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https://adore.ugent.be/IIIF/manifests/archive.ugent.be:018970A2-B1E8-11DF-A2E0-A70579F64438Other online data sources
|Generic online resource [https://www.liberfloridus.be/index_eng.html]
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