Gautier de Metz

Gautier de Metz (also Gauthier, Gossuin, or Gossouin) was a French catholic priest and poet.

[1] In January 1245, Gautier wrote L'Image du monde (French, the image of the world) or Imago Mundi, an encyclopedic work about creation, the Earth and the universe, wherein facts are mixed with fantasy.

"[1] The second part of the Image du Monde is mostly geographical in nature, repeating many errors from older sources but questioning some of them.

It then attempts to explain atmospheric phenomena, describing meteors, which many at the time perceived as dragons, as a dry vapor that catches fire, falls, and then disappears, and also discussing clouds, lightning, wind, etc.

[1] The third part consists largely of astronomical considerations, borrowing heavily from Ptolemy's Almagest, and also describes some classical philosophers and their ideas, often inaccurately, claiming, for instance, that Aristotle believed in the holy trinity and that Virgil was a prophet and magician.