 | P. L. Jacob - Art, Medieval - 1878 - 634 pages
...the Pliny, the Varro of the Middle Ages. This was Vincent of Beauvais, the wonderful encyclopedist, who lived, so to speak, amongst the ancients at a...life of wanderings and adventures, came to a tragic R/LVLLU Fig. 128. — The Alchemist Kaymond Lulli. — After an Engraving by Vriese. end, being stoned... | |
 | P. L. Jacob - Art, Medieval - 1878 - 635 pages
...Beauvais was accused of sorcery because he avoided the idle discussions of the schools, in order to i8o work in his laboratory in the St. Chapelle yard. The...Alchemist Raymond Lulli. — After an Engraving by Vriese. end, being stoned by the populace of Tunis in 1315. A recent attempt has been made to prove... | |
 | Paul Lacroix - Art, Medieval - 1878 - 660 pages
...Beauvais was accused of sorcery because he avoided the idle discussions of the schools, in order to i8o work in his laboratory in the St. Chapelle yard. The...Alchemist Raymond Lulli. — After an Engraving by Vriese. end, being stoned by the populace of Tunis in 1315. A recent attempt has been made to prove... | |
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... Middle Ages. This was Vincent of Beauvais, the wonderful encyclopaedist, who lived, so to speak, amongst the ancients at a time when their most splendid works were despised and reviled. Vincent of Beauvais was accused of sorcery because he avoided... 