La Mer des Histoires

I find I have a note on that handsome old French work, *La Mer des Histoires*, which is commonly attributed to Johannes de Columna, Archbishop of Messina; but upon which Francis Douce, while taking notice of its being a translation of the *Rudimentum Noviciorum* ascribed to Mochartus, observes that it is a different work from the *Mare Historiarum* of Johannes de Columna. Douce also informs us, that there were several works passing under this title. Columna is mentioned by Genebrard as the author of a book, *Cujus titulus est Mater Historiarum*. Query? What is known of the work, which is reall…