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“THEOPHILUS Presbyter (fl. c. 1070–1125) is the pseudonymous author or compiler of a Latin text containing detailed descriptions of various medieval arts, a text commonly known as the Schedula diversarum artium ("List of various arts") or De diversis artibus ("On various arts"). 'Theophilus' was quite possibly a Benedictine monk. It has been suggested (particularly by Eckhard Freise) that Theophilus is the same person as the artisan monk Roger of Helmarshausen. Roger appears to have come from Stavelot Abbey in the Meuse River region, was active as an artist and author between 1100 and 1107 in St. Pantaleon's church in Cologne, and moved to Helmarshausen Abbey in 1107.” https://lnkd.in/dKA6i-T View in LinkedIn

“PROFESSOR C. R. DODWELL was universally recognised as one of the leading historians of medieval art with a galaxy of publications, covering the period 800-1200, to his name.” https://lnkd.in/dxs_vBP View in LinkedIn

THEOPHILUS, The Various Arts, De Diversis Artibus (medieval text, written between 1110 and 1140 AD) translated from the Latin with Introduction by C.R. Dodwell, then Fellow and Librarian, Trinity College, Cambridge, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd (1961). This remarkable text illustrates in detail how mediaeval craftsmen worked. I quote both the excellent Introduction and the text. https://lnkd.in/dmDMw8U View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE for this and next weekend features a text from the early twelfth century England that was an authoritative summary of diverse craft techniques in that era. This book is a gem and fortunately has been republished. When I first read it some fifty years ago it left a deep impression, one that was further reinforced upon rereading it. Craftsmen of old had profound skills and deep knowledge. View in LinkedIn

A wonderful early tomato plate. View in LinkedIn

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