Pliny the Elder’s Natural History

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Latin prose work ancient Roman work encyclopedia

Pliny the Elder’s *Natural History* is a vast first-century Roman encyclopedia that compiles contemporary knowledge on subjects ranging from geography and zoology to art and mineralogy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin prose work ⓘ ancient Roman work ⓘ encyclopedia ⓘ
aim	to record all important knowledge of the natural world ⓘ
author	Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	table of contents compiled by Pliny the Younger ⓘ
dateWritten	1st century CE ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Titus NERFINISHED ⓘ
describes	Roman art collections ⓘ ancient sculpture ⓘ ancient techniques of painting ⓘ animals and their behavior ⓘ famous Greek artists ⓘ metals and alloys ⓘ monstrous races and marvels ⓘ plants and their medicinal uses ⓘ precious stones ⓘ
influenced	Isidore of Seville’s Etymologiae NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance natural history NERFINISHED ⓘ early modern science ⓘ medieval encyclopedias ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
literaryGenre	encyclopedic literature ⓘ natural history ⓘ scientific literature ⓘ
method	compilation of earlier Greek and Roman sources ⓘ
notableFor	breadth of topics ⓘ influence on later encyclopedic tradition ⓘ
numberOfBooks	37 ⓘ
originalTitle	Naturalis Historia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservationStatus	survives largely complete ⓘ
structure	preface and 37 books ⓘ
subject	agriculture ⓘ art history ⓘ astronomy ⓘ botany ⓘ ethnography ⓘ geography ⓘ magic and superstition ⓘ medicine ⓘ metallurgy ⓘ meteorology ⓘ mineralogy ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ zoology ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy	Renaissance humanists ⓘ medieval scholars ⓘ

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