The Middle English 'Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy'
A Parallel-Text Edition. Edited from London, British Library, MS Sloane 2453 with a parallel text from New York, Columbia University, MS Plimpton 260
The 'Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy', surviving in thirty-four manuscripts ranging in date from c. 1380 to c. 1600, was one of the most widely-copied, consistently read, and arguably influential treatises of its kind in the vernacular in the medieval and early modern periods in Britain. This pseudo-Aristotelian text, with its roots in the 'Secreta secretorum' tradition, reveals contemporary, widely held views regarding several strands of medieval thought: philosophy, astronomy/astrology, physiognomy, 'computus', and theology. The 'Wise Book' never circulated in printed form; however, its surviving manuscript witnesses are material test…
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- ISBN: 978-3-8253-6174-7
- EAN: 9783825361747
- Produktnummer: 14587941
- Verlag: Universitätsvlg. Winter
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 74 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.0 cm 241 g
- Abbildungen: KART; 3 Abbildungen
- Reihenbandnummer: 47
- Gewicht: 241
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