The sibyl series of the fifteenth century / by Robin Raybould.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raybould, Robin, author.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 261.

Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 16.

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 0920-8607 ; Volume 261

Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History ; Volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sibyls--History.

Sibyls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

Robin Raybould's The Sibyl Series of the Fifteenth Century examines the startling and sudden change that occurred in the representation of the sibyls throughout Europe during the early Renaissance. Raybould describes how and why during this period the number, names, attributes and prophecies of these archaic prophetesses were selected and stabilized thus providing new witness to the Christian message in sharp contrast to earlier representations where the sibyls had played a minor role in the history of classical and Christian divination and prophecy. The book examines all the fifteenth-century instances of these series, as well as the manuscripts which describe them, identifies the origin of the sibylline prophecies and suggests reasons for the widespread popularity of this new artistic phenomenon.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 The Sibyls of Greece and Rome

2 The Early Christian Era

3 The Middle Ages

4 The Sibyls at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Century

5 The Cortina Sibyls

6 The Orsini Sibyls

7 The Manuscripts of the Orsini Series

8 The Theme, Order and Attributes of the Fifteenth-Century Sibyl Series

9 The Sibyl Series Derived from the Orsini Frescos

10 The Oracula Sibyllina of St. Gall

11 The Lactantius Versions of the Fifteenth-Century Sibyl Series

12 Conclusion

Appendix 1 The Texts and Origin of the Prophecies of the Orsini Sibyls

Appendix 2 Pausanias: Description of Greece 10.12

Appendix 3 Clement of Alexandria: Stromata

Appendix 4 The Sibyl’s References to Christianity in the Divine Institutes of Lactantius

Appendix 5 Table of the Order of the Sibyls

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-33215-4

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004332157 DOI