Pliny the Elder's Natural History

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf encyclopedic work
gptkbp:author Pliny the Elder
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Leonardo_da_Vinci
gptkb:Isidore_of_Seville
gptkb:Bede
gptkb:Albertus_Magnus
early modern scientists
gptkbp:contains accounts of ancient art
accounts of minerals and metals
descriptions of plants and animals
geographical descriptions
information on Roman technology
medical remedies
mythological references
gptkbp:dedicatedTo Titus
gptkbp:firstPublished 1469
gptkbp:genre gptkb:dictionary
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pliny the Elder's Natural History
gptkbp:influenced Renaissance scholars
medieval encyclopedias
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Theophrastus
Roman authors
gptkbp:languageOfWork gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:notableFor early scientific method
comprehensive scope
source of ancient knowledge
gptkbp:numberOfBooks 37
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:Naturalis_Historia
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:Bibliothèque_nationale_de_France
Vatican Library
numerous manuscripts
gptkbp:publicationDate circa 77–79 AD
gptkbp:significance influential in Western tradition
major source for classical knowledge
gptkbp:structure preface and 37 books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:art
gptkb:medicine
botany
geography
mineralogy
natural history
zoology
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Spanish
English
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Petronius
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4