Omne Bonum
''Omne Bonum'' (English: ''Every Good'' ''Thing'') is a 14th-century encyclopedia compiled in London by James le Palmer (b. before 1327, d. c. 1375). It survives in four volumes in the British Library ( BL Royal 6 E VI and VII). Its author is identified on the basis of a colophon in the same hand in Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 165 (fol. 585: ''Iste liber est liber jacobi le palmere quem scripsit manu sua propria deo gratias''). James le Palmer was a clerk of the Exchequer mentioned between 1357 and 1375. The manuscript had the inventory number 1226 in the English Royal Library. It was acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster between 1542 and 1666 and was presented to the British Museum in 1757. The encyclopedia extends to 1100 folia and includes more than 650 illustrations. Entries cover a variety of topics, including theology, natural history, geography, and historical figures, with a particular interest in canon law. Entries appear in alphabetical order (or at least, g ...
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