Anglicus was appointed as Minister at Saxonia in 1262 and served in that position until his death in 1272.
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The work De proprietatibus rerum was written at the school of Magdeburg in Saxonia and intended for the use of students and the general public.
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He was at some point confused with Bartholomeus de Glanvilla, another Franciscan monk who lived a century later.
It was written at a time when other encyclopedic descriptions of the world were being produced and translated, such as the Summarium Heinrici, the Hortus deliciarum (Herrad of Landsberg), the Liber exceptionum (Richard de Saint-Victor, Jean Châtillon), the De proprietatibus rerum (Bartholomeus Anglicus), and the Speculum naturale (Vincent of Beauvais).
Bartholomew of England held this view (1240 CE), as did Leonardo da Vinci (1500 CE) and Athanasius Kircher (1644 CE).
Bartholomeus Anglicus | Robertus Anglicus | Bartholomeus van der Helst | Bartholomeus Spranger | Bartholomeus de Glanvilla | Bartholomeus |