Literary studies: ancient, classical Books
Peeters Publishers The Notory Art of Shorthand (Ars notoria
Book SynopsisThe Notory Art of Shorthand (Ars notoria notarie), an important yet understudied late medieval work, is newly edited here and presented for the first time in English translation along with an introduction and commentary. This unique treatise on shorthand writing is a hybrid of literary genres that sheds much light on late medieval scribal culture. Following in a medieval tradition of works such as the Secret of Secrets, the innovative Ars notoria notarie points forward to early modern hermetic writers such as Agrippa von Nettesheim and John Dee, the latter having owned one of the three manuscripts of the work. The Ars notoria notarie relates to disciplines ranging from paleography to magic. It has multiple identities: a unique branch of one of the most popular magic treatises of the Middle Ages, the Ars notoria; a rare report on medieval paleography and the notarial trade; an exposé of a unique medieval cipher based on the famous Tironian notes; an eclectic university text bringing together authorities from Pliny and Aristotle to Donatus and Bede; a remarkable source for the liturgy of Thomas Becket; and, finally, a distinctive contribution to the epistolary genre known as the mirror for princes.
£999.99
Peeters Publishers Njáls Saga and its Christian Background: A Study
Book SynopsisNjáls Saga is universally recognised as the greatest and most complex of all the sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur). The originality with which the writer composed his narrative has led to its being likened to a novel created by an author who certainly used sources, although identifying which parts of the saga descend from oral, and which from written sources has proved difficult. The `Christian background’ of the title of this study refers to the ecclesiastical texts (including Scripture and its exegesis, church liturgy and the liturgical year, and hagiographical and apocryphal writings) which, it is argued, were used by the author of Njáls saga as he both created a bipartite structure, using familiar Christian metaphors to help unify the work; and developed his central thematic concern: that good legal judgement depends upon justice and mercy acting together, as in divine judgement. It is this which finally redeems Skarpheðinn Njálsson.
£78.00
Peeters Publishers Past and Present in Hellenistic Poetry
Book SynopsisThe papers in this volume show how the past 'is present' in a variety of forms and contexts in the work of the Hellenistic poets and how these poets cannot escape dealing with it in depth, often in a creative and intriguing manner, which may help to give further meaning to the present as well. Some papers discuss the subject of past and present from a general point of view, others deal with issues of literary tradition and intertextuality or discuss the connections between past and present as they are used and established on an ideological level. The papers show that the past, though almost 'omnipresent', is never used in a purely antiquarian way. The Hellenistic poets clearly manage to link it to the present in a meaningful way and are able to use it to establish their own position in the literary tradition as well as in issues of ideological importance.
£76.00
Peeters Publishers Studies in the Christian Latin Poetry of Late
Book SynopsisIn this volume twenty-two studies published by Willy Evenepoel in international journals and collections during the period 1978-2010 have been brought together, namely two general contributions (one about the study of early Christian poetry, another about the place of poetry within Late Antique Christianity), fourteen contributions on Prudentius, five on Paulinus Nolanus' Carmina natalicia and, finally, one on Dracontius' De laudibus Dei. The collection does not only enhance the availability of the contributions in question, it also allows the readers to get a better perspective on the interconnection between the contributions at hand. The author has added extra value to the collection by supplying indices and also by adding a large critical survey of the recent research on the subjects that are dealt with in the collection.
£88.00
Peeters Publishers Waltharius
Book SynopsisThe Waltharius, a medieval Latin epic poem of over 1400 lines, richly retells the story of a vigorous Germanic saga in the language and style of classical and Christian Latin poetry. Walter, its hero, is a pagan warrior ready to mock his enemies and mercilessly decapitate them, but also a pious Christian who refrains from premarital sex and stops to pray and ask for God's mercy in the middle of a battle. The poem varies remarkably in tone, providing both fervent moral commentary and bitter black comedy. The growing scholarship on the poem outside of Germany, where it has always been popular, no doubt results from its weird allure and eclectic nature. It has something for everyone. This new edition uses a fresh review of manuscripts - especially the recently discovered fragments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - in order to provide a text and apparatus that will aid the reader in understanding the poem's tangled manuscript history. The notes are rather fuller than those of previous English-language editions, providing useful context to understand the complicated relationships among the Germanic, classical Latin, and Christian Latin traditions as well as tracking various themes and stylistic features that the poet employs.
£57.08
Peeters Publishers Hadewijch. Brieven: Middelnederlandse tekst
Book SynopsisHadewijch is wellicht de briljantste en zeker de meest mysterieuze figuur in de geschiedenis der Nederlandse letteren. Zij heeft de christelijke mystieke literatuur in haar geheel tot een toppunt gevoerd, maar strikt historisch beschouwd is zij nog altijd niet geïdentificeerd. Haar naam wordt verbonden met vier werken – de Visioenen, de Brieven, de Strofische Gedichten of Liederen, de Mengeldichten of Rijmbrieven – die zij als begijn naar alle waarschijnlijkheid in de dertiende eeuw in Brabant geschreven heeft, waar en wanneer precies blijft een raadsel. In Hadewijchs geschriften verbinden de orale en de schriftelijke cultuur zich tot een organisch geheel: spreken en schrijven, luisteren en lezen zijn in symbiose. Bovendien bestaat dit sprekend schrijven niet enkel in het structureren van woorden maar ook in het componeren van klanken, zodat de lezer woorden en zinnen hoort waar letterlijk muziek in zit. In deze mystieke teksten staat minne centraal, zowel naar vorm als inhoud. Formeel is minne het trefwoord van Hadewijchs literaire werk. Inhoudelijk is minne het kernwoord van haar mystiek: het wijst zowel naar de mens die de mystieke vereniging beleeft als naar de wijze waarop hij deze voelt en de inhoud die in dit voelen besloten ligt. De eerste belevingsinhoud van minne is onmiskenbaar God, “Minne die God is”. Daarbij komt, dat minne door Hadewijch ook gebruikt wordt om bepaalde mystieke vriendinnen aan te spreken, bijvoorbeeld als suete minne of lieue minne In deze uitgave van de 31 Brieven worden de Middelnederlandse tekst en een nieuwe vertaling in modern Nederlands naast elkaar afgedrukt. Ook de lay-out van de oorspronkelijke prozatekst - nauwkeurig gevolgd in de moderne weergave – is nieuw. In deze bladschikking krijgt de lezer te zien wat er te horen valt. De vertaling blijft zo dicht mogelijk bij het origineel. Hadewijchs eigen woorden en zinswendingen worden bewaard waar dit voor de hedendaagse lezer geen struikelblok zou mogen vormen. Dat Hadewijchs grammaticale zinsvorming ook de moderne tekst structureert, is vanzelfsprekend, want zij schrijft volgens de regels. Ook wordt elke brief van commentaar voorzien. Commentaar betekent niet dat de eruditie van vakmensen weergegeven wordt en evenmin dat elke brief stelselmatig en tot in de puntjes geanalyseerd wordt en geduid – vandaar de afwezigheid van voetnoten en bibliografie. Hetgeen bij wijze van commentaar aangeboden wordt, dient in de eerste plaats om de leeslust van de gebruiker te stimuleren, om hem of haar tot langzaam lezen te bewegen, niet om pasklaar weer te geven “wat Hadewijch zegt”.
£76.91
Peeters Publishers Nouvelle bibliographie du Roman de la Rose
Book SynopsisLe Roman de la Rose, généralement attribué à deux auteurs du treizième siècle, est devenu pour la critique moderne le texte paradigmatique de l’allégorie profane. Au cours des vingt cinq dernières années, cette ÷uvre complexe a fait l’objet d’une pléthore de nouvelles publications. Des travaux qui portent notamment sur les manuscrits et éditions, les nombreux thèmes, personnages et motifs, la `voix’ des auteurs de l’entreprise, son iconographie et sa fortune, tant médiévale que contemporaine. Une nouvelle bibliographie commentée s’imposait, inventoriant au passage, parmi d’autres questions d’actualité, celles de l’unité / dualité du poème ainsi que l’importante « Querelle » dont la Rose a fait l’objet. En annexe, deux index.
£999.99
Peeters Publishers Jacob of Serugh's Hexaemeron
Book SynopsisA fifth-sixth century clergyman-cum-theologian, Jacob of Serugh (also spelled Sarug), was an extremely prolific writer. Not counting a number of works in prose, he is said to have written nearly 800 homilies, mostly on themes of theological import or biblical stories and personalities. These homilies are composed in metre: each line has twelve vowels. So far less than 150 such homilies have been edited and/or translated. Hexaemeron is an exposition of the first six days of the universe. Jacob dedicated an extra homily to the sabbath, making a total of seven homilies. This genre was known earlier in Greek. Jacob's is the first of the kind in Syriac. Currently the only complete text of Jacob's Hexaemeron is available in an edition by Bedjan (1905-10), but with no translation. This is the first time that this highly interesting work is made available in its entirety, accompanied by an English translation. The editor studies six complete manuscripts and one containing only two homilies. None of these seven manuscrips was available to Bedjan, and one of them is presumably as old as the principal manuscript used by Bedjan.
£113.48
Peeters Publishers Editing Mediaeval Texts from a Different Angle:
Book SynopsisEditing Mediaeval Texts from a Different Angle contains a selection of papers delivered at two workshops devoted to particular cases of text editing: the ATTEMT Workshop held at King’s College, London (19-20 December 2013) explored issues involved in the edition of texts with a multilingual tradition (covering Greek, Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Slavonic), while the ATTEST Workshop (University of Regensburg, 11-12 December 2015) dealt with tradition and innovation in the field of palaeoslavistic text editing. Central to the discussions reflected in this volume are general questions on variability, textual dependency and transformation, as well as methodological issues raised by the encounter of different scholarly traditions in ecdotics and by the advent of the digital. The volume opens with a honorary section for Prof. Francis J. Thomson, who in his influential scholarly work has focused on mediaeval Slavonic translation literature. The section not only contains his rich academic bibliography, but also a chronological Checklist of Slavonic Translations from the 9th century up to the immediate post-Petrine period (1725-1730).
£116.85
Peeters Publishers Philosophie et fiction de l'Antiquité tardive à
Book SynopsisQuels étaient les représentations et enjeux de la philosophie et de la fiction, leurs échanges, interactions et zones frontières de l’Antiquité tardive jusqu’à la Renaissance ? La fiction peut apparaître comme l’envers de la vérité. Elle n’en est pas moins une forme de recherche de vérité, savoir ou sagesse : Augustin, Macrobe, Martianus Capella ou Boèce, puis les poèmes allégoriques latins du XIIe siècle, les encyclopédies du XIIIe siècle, suivies par des œuvres allégoriques écrites dans le milieu de la cour de Charles V et Charles VI ou encore par Ficin problématisent le statut de la fiction : quelle est sa légitimation philosophique ? Quels sont les rapports entre philosophie et arts libéraux, philosophie et poétique, philosophie et théologie ? Les contributions interrogent le lexique et l’arrière-plan philosophique. Elles examinent aussi les moyens de la fiction pour mettre en œuvre un projet herméneutique et heuristique fécond : la personnification, la prosopopée, les modèles narratifs (banquet ou voie) ou le cadre dialogique.
£86.00
Peeters Publishers The Medieval Booklists of the Southern Low
Book SynopsisIn Corpus Catalogorum Belgii. The Medieval Booklists of the Southern Low Countries all the existing medieval documents about libraries and book collections in Belgium have been edited, together with a complete repertory of the surviving books and manuscripts. The 7 volumes appeared between 1994 and 2016; each volume has an index of authors and works and an index of places and first names of persons. The present supplementary volume provides in three sections corrections and additions as well as two indices: an index of the c. 4500 manuscripts and incunables recorded in the series and presently kept in libraries all over the world, and an index of the c. 2000 last names of medieval persons mentioned.
£51.80
Peeters Publishers La versione siriaca del De cohibenda ira di Plutarco
£125.00
Peeters Publishers Crisis and Resilience in Hellenistic Poetry
£99.37
Peeters Publishers Handschriften Uit De Abdij Van Sint-Truiden
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£32.46
Lysa Publishers Virtute Vir Tutus: Studi Di Letteratura Greca,
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£130.15
Kardamitsa Publications Logos Into Mythos: The Case of Gorgias' Encomium
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£33.25
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Book of Testimonies and Legal Documents by
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£55.80
American Center of Oriental Research The Petra Papyri II
Book SynopsisThe second volume in the Petra Papyri series, the scholarly publication meticulously documenting, translating and interpreting the information recovered from approximately 140 carbonized papyrus scrolls found during ACOR's excavation of the Petra Church. The scrolls had been carbonised in a fire and were thus preserved, although many scrolls were in a destroyed condition and could not be read. Such discoveries are exceedingly rare. The Petra papyri texts are dated c. 537 to 594 thanks to the law promulgated by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian to place the date at the beginning and end of a document. The scrolls vary in size from a single sheet such as P. Petra 6 (L. 28 cm), a list of stolen goods, to the exceptionally long P. Petra 2 (L. 8.5 m), which is an agreement concerned with inherited property. These documents deal with real estate transactions, disputes, contracts, divisions of property, marriages, dowries, and inheritance. The central figures of the archive are Theodoros, son of Obodianos, who was deacon and later archdeacon in the church, and his extended family and peers. The language indicates that the people in Petra at this time were speaking an early form of Arabic. A team of papyrologists from Finland conserved these sixth century texts in 1994 and 1995 at ACOR in Amman as part of a major effort headed by Jaakko Frosen. The original fragments were placed on Japanese rice paper and sandwiched between glass plates so that they could be preserved and examined for study. Some scrolls are written on both sides (and they could not be mounted on paper) but most are single-sided. As noted, many texts have been translated and published in The Petra Papyri series (Amman: ACOR) by scholars from Finland and the University of Michigan. Some documents are exhibited at the Jordan Museum in Amman.
£97.00
Viella Editrice Fra Gli Invidiosi: Nuovi Saggi Su Dante
£49.15
Viella Editrice L'Histoire Ancienne Jusqu'a Cesar: Saggio Di Storia Della Cultura Francofona del XIII Secolo
£999.99
Viella Editrice Dones Que Mengen El Cor de l'Amant: La Poesia de Guillem de Cabestany, El Chatelain de Coucy I Reinmar Von Brennenberg
£35.15
Viella Salimbene de Adam
£35.00
Viella Editrice Dante Degli Ungheresi
£999.99
£59.85
