Body as a Mirror of the Soul

Physiognomy from Antiquity to the Renaissance

AvLisa Devriese

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

The idea of the body as a mirror of the soul has fascinated mankind throughout history. Being able to see through an individual, and drawing conclusions on their character solely based on a selection of external features, is the subject of physiognomy, and has a long tradition running well into recent times. However, the pre-modern, especially medieval background of this discipline has remained underexplored. The selected case studies in this volume each contribute to a better understanding of the history of physiognomy from antiquity to the Renaissance, and offer discussions on unedited treatises and on the application, development, and reception of this field of knowledge, as well as on visual sources inspired by physiognomic theory.Contributors: Eniko Bekes (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Joel Biard (University of Tours), Lisa Devriese (KU Leuven), Maria Fernanda Ferrini (University of Macerata), Christophe Grellard (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Luis Campos Ribeiro (University of Lisbon), Maria Michela Sassi (University of Pisa), Oleg Voskoboynikov (Higher School of Economics Moscow), Steven J. Williams (New Mexico Highlands University), Joseph Ziegler (University of Haifa), Gabriella Zuccolin (University of Pavia)

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-10-05
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:360 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Mediaevalia Lovaniensia - Series 1-Studia
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Leuven University Press
ISBN:9789462702929

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Lisa Devriese is professor at the De Wulf-Mansion Centre for Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Philosophy (KU Leuven) and director of the Aristoteles Latinus project.

Recensioner i media

Assurément, le lecteur reste fasciné par les très nombreux aspects des cultures antique, médiévale et moderne que le sujet permet d’aborder : les contributions, tout en étant d’un niveau scientifique très élevé, restent tout à fait abordables. La force de ce recueil est d’offrir une approche chronologique qui facilite une compréhension globale des questionnements sur la physiognomonie. En effet, les AA. parviennent bien à mettre en avant tout ce que son étude peut offrir et réussissent conjointement à livrer une excellente introduction interdisciplinaire et transpériodique. Ninon Dubourg, Revue d'Histoire ecclésiastique, vol. 117/3-4, 2022

Innehållsförteckning

Illustrations Acknowledgements Lisa Devriese Physiognomy from Antiquity to the Renaissance : an Introduction Maria Michela Sassi The Beginnings of Physiognomy in Ancient Greece Maria Fernanda Ferrini Oἰνωποί/Aἰγωποί: Manuscript Tradition and Conjecture Enikő Békés The Physiognomy of Apostle Paul: Between Texts and Images Steven J. Williams Some Observations on the Scholarly Reception of Physiognomy in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Century: Success, and the Limits of Success Lisa Devriese First Medieval Attestations of the Physiognomonica Oleg Voskoboynikov Michael Scotus’ Physiognomy: Notes on Text and Context Joël Biard and Christophe Grellard La place des Questiones circa librum de physionomia dans le système philosophique de Jean Buridan Gabriella Zuccolin Towards a Critical Edition of Michele Savonarola’s Speculum Physionomie Joseph Ziegler and Luís Campos Ribeiro Astral Physiognomy in the Fifteenth Century : the Case of the Illuminated Opening Folio of Rolandus Scriptoris’ Reductorium Phisonomie Notes on Contributors Index codicum manu scriptorum Index nominum