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The Divine comedy and the Encyclopedia of arts and sciences : acta of the International Dante Symposium, 13-16 November 1983, Hunter College, New York / editors, Giuseppe Di Scipio, Aldo Scaglione.

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Format:
Book
Conference/Event
Contributor:
Di Scipio, Giuseppe C., 1946-
Scaglione, Aldo D.
Conference Name:
International Dante Symposium (1983 : Hunter College)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia--Congresses.
Dante Alighieri.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Knowledge and learning--Congresses.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (395 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1988.
Language Note:
English
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Summary:
The guiding principle of this volume is the concept of the artes liberales, the trivium and quadrivium, as branches of learning that are rooted in Dante Alighieri's mind. The present volume contains essays by leading international scholars on the various scientific and artistic disciplines which form the background, sources, and presence in Dante's opus.
Contents:
THE DIVINE COMEDY AND THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARTS AND SCIENCES; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; A HALF-CENTURY OF DANTE SCHOLARSHIP IN AMERICA; NOTES; DANTE'S COMMEDIA AND THE CLASSICAL TRADITION: THE CASE OF VIRGIL; NOTES; DANTE AND THE ARS GRAMMATICA; NOTES; DIALECTIC AND MERCURY (EDUCATION, MAGIC AND RELIGION IN DANTE); NOTES; DANTE'S EARLY READERS: THE EVIDENCE OF ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS; NOTES; DANTE AND ARITHMETIC; GEOMETRIC METAPHOR AND PROPORTIONAL DESIGN IN DANTE'S COMMEDIA; I. Scope and Purpose; II. Context; III. Geometry and Poetry
IV. Geometry and Text-Structure V. The Metaphor of Textual Space; NOTES; ASTROLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; NOTES; DANTE'S PHYSICS; I. Introduction; II. Dante's Physics; NOTES; APPENDIX; THE METAPHYSICS OF THE COMMEDIA; 1. The Unity of Dante's Universe; 2. The Three-Way Correspondence; 3. The Twofold Unity of the Commedia; NOTES; DANTE AND THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MEDICINE RECONSIDERED; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; DANTE: AMAN FOR ALL HOURS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES; LORIZZONTE ECONOMICO MEDIEVALE NELLA DIVINA COMMEDIA E NEI PRINCIPALI COMMENTI DEL TRECENTO; NOTES; THE FLORENTINE STUDIA AND DANTE'S ""LIBRARY""; NOTES DANTE AND THE UNIVERSITIES OF PARIS AND OXFORD; NOTES; TRANSLATING DANTE'S COMMEDIA: TERZA RIMA OR NOTHING; NOTES
Notes:
"Illustrations for Dante's early readers: the evidence of illustrated manuscripts / Dorothy Gillerman" (16 figures) in pocket.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
1-283-42407-X
9786613424075
90-272-7438-X
OCLC:
773566957

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