Vincent de Beauvais

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Vincent de Beauvais

(French: Vincent de Beauvais)

Medieval French encyclopaedist, author of Speculum majus, a compendium divided into natural, doctrinal and historical sections. The moral section, Speculum morale, was added later and is probably a fourteenth-century work. (BCW 2:548).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Винсент из Бове
• Other resources: Russian BTS: card data

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