medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
These books are from Rabelais' description of the
Library of St. Victor, in 'Gargantua & Pantagruel',
Book 2, Chapter 7. If you have any other queries about
this kind of thing a very good resource is the
Invisible Library, a collection of 'non-books', to be
foound at www.invisiblelibrary.com
Cheers
Rob
--- Jongenelen <[log in to unmask]> wrote
> I am reading Umberto Eco's _Baudolino_ and in
> chapter 8 Baudolino says that
> in the library of Saint Victor one can find books
> which are called: _De
> optimitate triparum_ (by Beda), _Ars honeste
> petandi_, _De modo cacandi_,
> _De castramentandis crinibus_ and _De patria
> diabolorum_. Baudolino made
> these titles up, but he says that he hopes that some
> day someone will write
> these books. Are these titles all from Eco's fantasy
> or are there medieval
> books known by these titles? (The everlasting
> Eco-question: 'What's true and
> what's false?')
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