Towards a history of the encyclopedia from Jerome to Isidor
Sidney L. Jackson
In A.D. 400 the Roman Empire was declining visibly. Organizers of information and education nevertheless had much recorded knowledge at their disposal, some original, condensed or excerpted. Its quality varied: by large, what more recent less valuable, especially in science. Such one price paid for steadily deteriorating command Greek Rome western provinces empire. The situation somewhat better realm access to particulars, thanks notably Pliny Elder. his Latin ~U as Martianus Capella, we know ofjust work, with substantial about writer, depend heavily on internal evidence. These circumstances have long fueled rich scholarly endeavor historians literature, philosophy science, Christian church. Their labors will be drawn
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