Coimbra, Bernardo De

Coimbra, Bernardo de a Portuguese Benedictine of the convent of Alcobaca, an encyclopaedist of the middle ages, of whom little is known. His book, still in MS., contains, De Coelo et Terra, de Luce, Aquis, Sole, Luna et Stellis, de Picibus et Avibus; de Paradiso de Formatione Primi Hominis; de Adam, Eva et Serpente, de Sex Diebus et Septimana,; de Adam, Eva et Filiis Eorum; de Enos, Enoch et Noe; de Arca et Diluvio; de Corvo et Columba; de Iride; de Vinea Noe et Inebriatione Ejus; and in the fourth part, de Corporali et Spirituali Fornicationi; de Lapsu Cujusdam Virginis; de Violatore Virginis, etc. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.