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De rerum naturis

De rerum naturis (“On the Nature of Things”), also known as De universo (“On the Universe”) and De sermonum proprietate, sive Opus de universo, is an encyclopaedia in 22 books, written in Latin in 842–847. It is one of the best-known works by Rabanus Maurus, a Frankish Benedictine monk and very prominent writer of the Carolingian age. The work is fundamentally pedagogical, designed to aid its readers in the historical and mystical interpretation of religious scripture. It compiles knowledge of the 9th century, including a wide variety of topics varying from God to topographical features of the Earth.

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• ▸Labor history of the United States
• ▸B Persei
• ▸English Phonotypic Alphabet

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