A scientific encyclopedia in the form of a poem
Cecco d'Ascoli, originally Francesco Stabili, was the creator of this manuscript, he died at the stake as a heretic in Florence in 1327.
He was an astrologist, he practiced medicine and wrote L'Acerba in vernacular, an allegorical poem in which he deals with topics regarding nature such as the properties of plants and animals and natural phenomenon in a strange mixing real and fantasy elements. L'Acerba also deals with psychological, ethical and theological themes through descriptions of the universe, nature, and man as a perfect mechanism created by God, controllable by man but still succumb to mysterious forces of stars and planets.
We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Acerba by Cecco d'Ascoli": Acerba di Cecco d'Ascoli facsimile edition, published by Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, 2006
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