Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Texts and Translations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Bernard and the Schools of Tours -- The City and Its Schools -- Ars dictaminis -- Poetry and Imitation -- Chapter 2 The Science of the Cosmographia -- The Mixed Form -- Platonic Themes and Variations -- Medicine and Astrology -- The Purpose of Natural Science -- Chapter 3 The Theology of the Cosmographia -- Platonism and Christianity -- The Trinity -- The Fall -- The Incarnation -- The Function of integumentum -- Chapter 4 Bernard's Readers -- The Standard Gloss -- The Laudian Gloss -- Quotation and Imitation -- Alan of Lille and Peter Lombard -- Conclusion -- Appendix I Synopsis of the Cosmographia -- Appendix II Census of Cosmographia Manuscripts -- Bibliography -- Index of Manuscripts -- General Index.