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Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1434

Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century

Twenty-seven authors approach the diverse areas of the cultural, religious, and social life of the twelfth century. These essays form a basic resource for all interested in this pivotal century. A reprint of the first edition first published in 1982.

On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1027

On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-09-25
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  • Publisher: BRILL

In On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar Julio Samsó shows that astronomical sources, written in al-Andalus, the Maghrib and the Iberian Peninsula, belong to the same tradition and emphasizes the role of al-Andalus and the Iberian Peninsula in the transmission of Islamic astronomy to medieval Europe.

The Ciphers of the Monks
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 518

The Ciphers of the Monks

This is the first comprehensive study of an ingenious number-notation from the Middle Ages that was devised by monks and mainly used in monasteries. A simple notation for representing any number up to 99 by a single cipher, somehow related to an ancient Greek shorthand, first appeared in early-13th-century England, brought from Athens by an English monk. A second, more useful version, due to Cistercian monks, is first attested in the late 13th century in what is today the border country between Belgium and France: with this any number up to 9999 can be represented by a single cipher. The ciphers were used in scriptoria - for the foliation of manuscripts, for writing year-numbers, preparing i...

The Making of a Court Society
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 516

The Making of a Court Society

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Studies on Gersonides
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 445

Studies on Gersonides

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-11-27
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  • Publisher: BRILL

R. Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides, 1288-1344) is one of the greatest and most original figures of Medieval Jewish thought. He wrote numerous works in philosophy, science and biblical exegesis. Some of his scientific works, most notably his highly innovative Astronomy, were translated from Hebrew into Latin and could thus reach non-Jewish scholars. The twelve studies collected in this bilingual volume (English and French in equal parts) offer for the first time a comprehensive overview and assessment of Gersonides' work in astronomy, mathematics, logic, natural science, and psychology. Gersonides' contributions are analyzed within the context of contemporary philosophy and science in Hebrew, Ar...

Music and the moderni
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 325

Music and the moderni

Challenges current accounts of the French ars nova, a musical art that was both criticised and heralded for its modernity.

The Secret Faith of Maestre Honoratus
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 320

The Secret Faith of Maestre Honoratus

The Secret Faith of Maestre Honoratus explores late medieval Iberian Jewish culture through the figure of Profayt Duran, a rationalist Jewish scholar who was compelled during the riots of 1391 to become a Christian in name, and whose broad-ranging philosophical and scientific education was mustered in defense of his religious convictions.

The Cultural Context of Medieval Learning
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 573

The Cultural Context of Medieval Learning

Proceedings of the First International Colloquium on Philosophy, Science, and Technology in the Middle Ages - September 1973

Alfonso de la Torre's Visión Deleytable
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 324

Alfonso de la Torre's Visión Deleytable

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-07-26
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  • Publisher: BRILL

The sources, content and fate of the 15th-century allegorical fable Visión Deleytable are examined from three angles: as a medieval compendium of religious philosophy, as a major influence in Spanish literature, and as an invaluable historical source on Jewish-Christian interactions in medieval Spain. The volume is divided into three sections. The first part considers Visión's didacticism within the Jewish and Christian frames of education in 15th-century Spain. The second part includes a review of Visión's philosophical content as a comprehensive articulation of a rationalist Weltanschauung. The final section traces its intriguing editorial fate and literary influence through the 17th century in Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. It is Visión's first systematic study from the dual perspective of a Hispanist and a Hebraist.

Histories of Scientific Observation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 473

Histories of Scientific Observation

Observation is the most pervasive and fundamental practice of all the modern sciences, both natural and human. Its instruments include not only the naked senses but also tools such as the telescope and microscope, the questionnaire, the photographic plate, the notebook, the glassed-in beehive, and myriad other ingenious inventions designed to make the invisible visible, the evanescent permanent, the abstract concrete. Yet observation has almost never been considered as an object of historical inquiry in itself. This wide-ranging collection offers the first examination of the history of scientific observation in its own right, as both epistemic category and scientific practice. Histories of S...