By things seen: reference and recognition in medieval thought.

Jeffrey, David L., 1941-, ed.

Verlag: Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1979

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Jeffrey, David L., 1941-, ed. By things seen: reference and recognition in medieval thought. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1979, 270pp., PAPERBACK, very good, previous owner's name. CONTENTS: Introduction: The self and the book: reference and recognition in medieval thought -- 1. Creation and creativity: Redeeming the time: the Confessions of St. Augustine / Patrick Grant -- Dante's Medusa: allegory and autobiography / John Freccero -- Number as cosmic language / Russell A. Peck -- The contest of Apollo and Marsyas: ideas about music in the middle ages / Bruce Smith -- The meaning of space in fourteenth century Tuscan painting / David Wilkins -- 2. Vernacular translation: The practical transmission of medieval culture / Robert S. Lopez -- Franciscan spirituality and the growth of vernacular culture / David Jeffrey -- The Societas Riccardorum and economic change / Richard W. Kaueper -- 3. Turning to analysis: Albertus Magnus and the rise of empiricism / James R. Shaw -- The development of medieval astronomy / John W. Abrams -- The concept of God's absolute power in the later fourteenth century / Laurence Eldredge -- Postscript: Breaking up the synthesis: from Plato's Academy to the "School of Athens.". 9782760348257 ISBN 2760348253. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 89478

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Titel: By things seen: reference and recognition in...

Verlag: Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1979

Einband: Softcover