An English translation of the De rerun naturis or De universo by Rabanus Maurus. Two volumes: 1. Books 1-11; 2. Books 12-22.

Patricia Throop has provided a service to medievalists and their students in rendering this first English version of Hrabanus's compendium. The translation is clear and straight-forward. Throop provides scriptural references, even where they went unreported in Migne's edition. The translator's footnotes indicate alternate etymologies or point out incongruities in Hrabanus's derivations. ... the translation comes unaccompanied by any of the scholarly apparatus one expects. - [John J. Contreni review]

Language: English