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Authority and imitation : a study of the Cosmographia of Bernard Silvestris /
In Authority and Imitation Mark Kauntze presents a new reading of the twelfth-century Cosmographia of Bernard Silvestris, showing how this allegory of creation adapted ancient authorities to contemporary debates about natural philosophy.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Brill,
2014.
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| Colección: | Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ;
volume 47. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 LombardConclusion; Appendix I Synopsis of the Cosmographia; Appendix II Census of Cosmographia Manuscripts; Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts; General Index.