page_title: Thomas of Cantimpré
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas of Cantimpré
caption_attribution_description: 15th-century illuminated manuscript of Thomas of Cantimpré's De rerum natura, a 13th-century encyclopaedia on nature and mankind. Sheet showing 'monstruous human beings' such as cyclops, wild people and a giant.
context_page_description: Thomas of Cantimpré was a Flemish Roman Catholic medieval writer, preacher, theologian and – most important – a friar belonging to the Dominican Order. He is best known for the encyclopedia on nature De natura rerum, for the moral text Bonum universale de Apibus and for his hagiographic writings.
context_section_description: Thomas of Cantimpré (Latin: Thomās Cantimpratensis or Thomās Cantipratensis) (Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, 1201 – Leuven, 15 May 1272) was a Flemish Roman Catholic medieval writer, preacher, theologian and – most important – a friar belonging to the Dominican Order. He is best known for the encyclopedia on nature De natura rerum, for the moral text Bonum universale de Apibus and for his hagiographic writings.
caption: Liber de natura rerum, ms. 411, Bruges Public Library, fol. 4r. The illustration portraits the monstrous men of the East.
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