clearly the work of a practising metalworker. It has recently been suggested that the apparent contradictory evidence as to dating, practical experience, and location of 'Theophilus' is best explained if the Schedula is understood to be a compilation. Works De diversis artibus or Schedula diversarum artium (in three books, date controversial but ca. 1125) Two editions of Theophilus's work with English translations: Dodwell, C. R. The Various Arts. De Diversis Artibus. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961, reprinted 1986 Hendrie R. An Essay upon Various Arts in three Books by Theophilus called also Rugerus. London, 1847, 1961 A good English translation: Hawthorne, J. G. and C. S. Smith Theophilus: On Divers Arts. University of Chicago Press, 1963; reprinted New York: Dover Publications 1979; Reference in English: reprinted in The following references are in German: (2 volumes). 1953 and 1983 (includes translations and explanations of sections of the work). External links Incomplete Latin e-text. Hendrie's edition and English translation of De diversis artibus, at Google Books English and French medieval stained glass in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Theophilus Presbyter References Art technological sources Benedictines 12th-century writers Goldsmiths 1070s births 1125 deaths Artist authors