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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Vincent of Beauvais
The edition of the "Speculum naturale" in the Wheeler collection in the Library of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (New York) was printed in Strasburg, probably in the year 1468.
The second part, "Speculum doctrinale", in seventeen books and 2374 chapters, treats of logic, rhetoric, poetry, geometry, astronomy, instincts, passions, education, industrial and mechanical arts, anatomy, surgery, medicine, jurisprudence, and administration of justice.
The third part, "Speculum historiale", in thirty-one books and 3793 chapters, brings the history of the world to A.D. A fourth part, "Speculum morale", appears in some additions, but its authenticity is questioned, Daunou (1761- 1840) affirming that it cannot be attributed to Vincent.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15439a.htm   (396 words)

  
 The Storie of Asneth: Introduction
The Latin version comes from the twelfth century and was subsequently abbreviated by Vincent of Beauvais in the Speculum historiale (c.
In the later thirteenth century, Vincent of Beauvais included a redaction of the Latin narrative of Aseneth in his Speculum historiale (cap.
In 1328 Margaret of Provence commissioned John de Vignai to translate Vincent's Speculum into French (the Miroir Hystorial), a work that was frequently copied.
www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/teams/asnthint.htm   (7848 words)

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