


Encyclopedias were published in Europe and China throughout the Middle Ages, such as the Satyricon of Martianus Minneus Felix Capella (early 5th century), the Speculum majus ( Great Mirror) of Vincent of Beauvais (1250), and Encyclopedia septem tomis distincta ( A Seven-Part Encyclopedia) by Johann Heinrich Alsted (1630). ( June 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įncyclopedias of various types had been published since antiquity, beginning with the collected works of Aristotle and the Natural History of Pliny the Elder, the latter having 2493 articles in 37 books. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

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