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Description: | Isidore of Seville (599-636) wrote probably the most famous and important encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages, the 'Etymologies', named after one of its constituent chapters. It is a compilation of all the knowledge that was available to Isidore, from a wide variety of sources. This manuscript was written at St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, and remained there for several centuries.
In a section concerning astronomy, Isidore describes the phases of the moon, which are illustrated here by diagrams of the moon progressing from a new moon, with the crescent facing left, followed by a thicker crescent, a half moon, and so on. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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