Daily Almanac for
Jul 25, 2008
Info search tips
Bio search tips

Encyclopedia

Boner or Bonerius, Ulrich

Boner or Bonerius, Ulrich (ool'rikh bō'nur, bōnēr'ēus) [key], fl. 14th cent., Swiss fabulist, a Dominican monk. His Edelstein (c.1345), a collection of 100 moralizing beast fables, was one of the first German books to be printed (1461).

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark

More on Ulrich Boner from Infoplease:

  • Swiss literature - Swiss literature. Swiss literature. The literature of Switzerland is written in German, French, ...

See more Encyclopedia articles on: German Literature: Biographies


Premium Partner Content
HighBeam Research

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Ulrich Boner

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.