The Body as a Mirror of the Soul

Physiognomy from Antiquity to the Renaissance

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E-book, 233 blz. Pdf met watermerkbeveiliging | Engels
Leuven University Press | 2021
ISBN13: 9789461664075
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Hoofdrubriek : Geschiedenis
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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.

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ISBN13:9789461664075
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:e-book
Beveiliging:watermerk
Bestandsformaat:pdf
Aantal pagina's:233
Verschijningsdatum:21-9-2021
Hoofdrubriek:Geschiedenis

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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
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