The Liber Floridus. Around 1120 by Lambert, Canon of Saint-Omer. (Patreon)

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The Liber Floridus is an illustrated medieval encyclopedia compiled around 1120 by Lambert, Canon of Saint-Omer (Lambertus a S. Audomaro). Produced in the County of Flanders during the High Middle Ages, this Latin manuscript synthesizes 12th-century universal knowledge, encompassing biblical and world history, geography, cartography, astronomy, and natural science, distinguished by its extensive program of cosmological diagrams, miniatures, and world maps.

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