Excerpt from The Manuale Scholarium: An Original Account of Life in the Mediaeval University The M anuale, the authorship of which is unknown, first appeared in 1481 12 During the next two centuries its popularity carried it through many editions. Ac cording to Fabricius, one Paul Niavis was tempted to publish it as his own work, and without extensive re arrangement of material, under the title Latina Y deomata (c. 1481 Fabricius's study con tains an interesting discussion of the authorship of the two works, the dates of their composition, and a detailed comparison of their contents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.