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    The Speculum Maius or Majus (Latin: "The Greater Mirror") was a major encyclopedia of the Middle Ages written by Vincent of Beauvais in the 13th century...
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    Cistercian monastery of Royaumont Abbey, France. He is known mostly for his Speculum Maius (Great mirror), a major work of compilation that was widely read in...
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    The medieval genre of speculum literature, popular from the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries, was inspired by the urge to encompass encyclopedic...
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  • third section of the Speculum Maius by Vincent of Beauvais This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Speculum Historiale. If an internal...
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    often called On nature (De natura, De naturis rerum), Mirror (Speculum maius, Speculum universale), Treasure (Trésor). The first encyclopedic work to...
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    architectura in his compendium of all the knowledge of the Middle Ages Speculum Maius Many copies of De architectura, dating from the 8th to the 15th centuries...
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    parallel, the Kitab al-Fehrest of Ibn al-Nadim. Compare also the Latin Speculum Maius, authored in the 13th century by Vincent of Beauvais. Küster, Ludolf...
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    This text is the French translation of the historical portions of Speculum Maius, an encyclopedia by Vincent of Beauvais that was begun after 1240. The...
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    IX's papal bull, Ineffabilis Deus, in 1854. The thirteenth century Speculum Maius of Vincent of Beauvais incorporates information regarding the life of...
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  • Great Mirror may refer to: Speculum Maius, a 13th-century encyclopedia The Great Mirror of Male Love Ōkagami, a Japanese historical tale This disambiguation...
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