TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kauntze,Mark
TI  - Authority and Imitation: A Study of the Cosmographia of Bernard Silvestris
T2  - Mittellateinische Studien und Texte Ser.
SN  - 9789004268357
AV  - PA8275.B25 -- .K386 2014eb 
U1  - 189 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Bernard Silvestris, -- active 1136 -- Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Bernard Silvestris, -- active 1136. -- Cosmographia
KW  - Cosmology, Medieval -- Poetry
KW  - Didactic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- History and criticism
KW  - Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism
KW  - Tours (France) -- Intellectual life
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Texts and Translations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Bernard and the Schools of Tours -- The City and Its Schools -- Ars dictaminis -- Poetry and Imitation -- Chapter 2 The Science of the Cosmographia -- The Mixed Form -- Platonic Themes and Variations -- Medicine and Astrology -- The Purpose of Natural Science -- Chapter 3 The Theology of the Cosmographia -- Platonism and Christianity -- The Trinity -- The Fall -- The Incarnation -- The Function of integumentum -- Chapter 4 Bernard's Readers -- The Standard Gloss -- The Laudian Gloss -- Quotation and Imitation -- Alan of Lille and Peter Lombard -- Conclusion -- Appendix I Synopsis of the Cosmographia -- Appendix II Census of Cosmographia Manuscripts -- Bibliography -- Index of Manuscripts -- General Index
N2  - In Authority and Imitation Mark Kauntze presents a new reading of the twelfth-century Cosmographia of Bernard Silvestris, showing how this allegory of creation adapted ancient authorities to contemporary debates about natural philosophy
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