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  • Buchkultur im Mittelalterby Adrian Mettauer; Michael Stolz; Yvonne Dellsperger; André Schnyder

    De Gruyter 2006; US$ 182.00

    This anthology describes the European book culture of premodern times with regard to the material publication of handwriting and early print, their contents and forms of use, as well as the preconceptions associated with them. The relationship to and differentiation from neighboring cultures, such as the Islamic world, are also taken into consideration. more...

  • Platonicus amorby Achim Wurm

    De Gruyter 2008; US$ 105.00

    This analysis of the historical understanding of Marsilio Ficino?s commentary on Plato?s Symposium sets it in relationship to the philosophical interpretation of Eros in Plato and Plotinus, while at the same time providing a multi-faceted description of the place of Ficino?s philosophy in the intellectual and spiritual development of the Italian Renaissance.... more...

  • Riten, Gesten, Zeremonienby Sven Bretfeld; Edgar Bierende; Klaus Oschema

    De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00

    Ritualised action ? the use of gestures and ceremonial processes ? were a central means of creating and expressing social order in pre-modern societies in particular. The present volume is divided into the three core areas of liturgy, law and politics and presents an interdisciplinary view of selected aspects of the arrangement and effect of rituals.... more...

  • Expectations of Romanceby Melissa Furrow

    Boydell & Brewer 2009; US$ 90.00

    `An important and powerful meditation on romance genre, reception and ethical/moral purpose -- amongst many other aspects of romance.' Professor ROBERT ROUSE, University of British Columbia. Medieval readers, like modern ones, differed in whether they saw more...

  • Cross That Dante Bearsby Mary A Watt

    UPF 2005; US$ 44.95

    An outstanding, new, and thorough interpretation of the symbolism of the cross in Dante’s poetics. more...

  • Buchkultur und Wissensvermittlung in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeitby Jürgen Wolf; Andreas Gardt; Mireille Schnyder; Susanne Schul

    De Gruyter 2011; US$ 140.00

    Knowledge structuring and knowledge transfer are closely linked to the materiality and mediality of the book. The articles in this volume examine the phenomena of radical changes in the media from handwriting to printing to digital media; the history of books and libraries through historical perspectives of society, culture and ideas; the relationship... more...

  • Aus der Werkstatt Diebold Laubersby Christoph Fasbender; Christoph Winterer; Claudia Kanz

    De Gruyter 2012; US$ 140.00

    Diebold Lauber?s workshop in Hagenau produced hand-written illustrated texts in the first half of the 15th century. Up to now they have been studied mainly in relation to their serial production. They are thought to be ?nicely painted? but with the wording largely copied with little consideration of its content. The studies in this collection are therefore... more...

  • Schreibende Frauen um 1500by Simone Mengis

    De Gruyter 2013; US$ 140.00

    The Dominican nuns of St. Katharina's Convent in St. Gallen, that was never incorporated into the order, and who joined the reform of the order in the second half of the 15th century of their own spiritual accord, dedicated themselves especially to their library and the production of manuscripts in the convent's own scriptorium. Using this as an exemple,... more...

  • Handschrift ? Texttypologie - Literaturgeschichteby Franz-Josef Holznagel

    De Gruyter 2013; US$ 252.00

    Smaller Middle High German rhyming couplets (bîspel, speeches, verse narratives) represent significant innovations in the literature of the 13th century. Part I of this book develops a model for their typological understanding, part II covers the history of its reception which extends well into the 16th century and part III describes the poetics of... more...

  • Antikes erzählenby Albert Schirrmeister; Julia Weitbrecht; Anna Heinze

    De Gruyter 2013; US$ 112.00

    How is the history of antiquity told, and what is the role of narrativity in transforming the image of antiquity? This volume addresses the highly charged intersection between experience, narrative, and history that may be apprehended when we consider the great diversity of narrative practices in literature, the visual arts, and historiography. Individual... more...