Openness, secrecy, authorship : technical arts and the culture of knowledge from antiquity to the Renaissance / Pamela O. Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Pamela O.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology and civilization--History--To 1500.

Technology and civilization.

Communication of technical information--Europe--History--To 1500.

Communication of technical information.

Technical writing--Europe--History--To 1500.

Technical writing.

Intellectual property--Europe--History--To 1500.

Intellectual property.

Learning and scholarship--Europe--History--To 1500.

Learning and scholarship.

Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

She argues that "a useful working definition of authorship permits a gradation of meaning between the poles of authority and originality,and guides us through the term's nuances with clarity rarely matched in a historical study.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Note on Editions and Translations

INTRODUCTION Categories and Key Words Local Meaning in Long-Term History

Chapter 1 Open Authorship within Ancient Traditions of Techneµ and Praxis

Chapter 2 Secrecy and Esoteric Knowledge in Late Antiquity

Chapter 3 Handing Down Craft Knowledge

Chapter 4 Authorship on the Mechanical Arts in the Last Scribal Age

Chapter 5 Secrecy and the Esoteric Traditions of the Renaissance

Chapter 6 Openness and Authorship I Mining, Metallurgy, and the Military Arts

Chapter 7 Openness and Authorship II Painting, Architecture, and Other Arts

Epilogue Values of Transmission and the New Sciences

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-7282-0

OCLC:

51480789