The illustrated afterlife of Terence's comedies (800-1200) /

"Widely read as school texts, the comedies by the Roman dramatist Terence have come down to us in hundreds of medieval copies. Fourteen of the manuscripts produced between 800 and 1200 were given some kind of illustration. In this volume, Beatrice Radden Keefe explores the semiotics of the imag...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Radden Keefe, Beatrice (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Library of the written word ; v. 97.
Library of the written word. Manuscript world ; v. 13.
Subjects:
Terence > Illustrations.
Terence > Manuscripts.
Terence
Latin drama (Comedy) > Illustrations.
Latin drama (Comedy) > Manuscripts.
Comédie latine > Illustrations.
Comédie latine > Manuscrits.
Latin drama (Comedy)
Electronic books.
Illustrated works
Literary criticism
Manuscripts
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Illustrations
  • Image Credits
  • Abbreviations
  • Manuscript Repositories
  • Manuscript Sigla
  • Editions
  • Note to the Reader
  • Introduction
  • 1. Speculum vitae
  • 2. The Manuscripts.
  • 1. Dramatist on Trial
  • 1. Portraits
  • 2. Frames
  • 3. Hic
  • 2 Personae
  • 1. Aedicula
  • 2. Scaenae frons
  • 3. Swollen Faces
  • 4. Lascivious Women
  • 3 Sosia Libertus, Davus Servus
  • 1. Doubling
  • 2. Ne quid nimis
  • 3. Mala mens, malus animus
  • 4. Denial of Blame
  • 4 What's the Getup?
  • 1. Chaerea pro eunucho
  • 2. Habitu mutato
  • 3. Gnathonists
  • 5 Calliopius Recitator
  • 1. Phantom
  • 2. Auctoritate audiebatur
  • 3. Adversaries
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Manuscripts
  • General Index
  • Illustrations.

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