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Beschreibung

The spatial structure of diagrams can be described in algebraic, geometric, cognitive or semiotic terms. Based on the Ur-diagram of the Divided Line in Platös Republic, diagrams can be understood as representations of the visible and the intelligible world. However, the knowledge thus conveyed is subject to the contingency of material and contextual, i.e., period-specific circumstances. How is the spatial organization of diagrams in medieval manuscripts structured under such conditions? The examples dealt with in this essay range from diagrammaric glosses to the late antique Corpus Dionysiacum to visualizations of the powers of perception and cognition by the Renaissance scholar Charles Bovelles. Medieval spaces of knowledge encompassed not only the confines of libraries or the extended social networks within which books were written, exchanged, and read; they also took shape on the page, most persuasively in the form of diagrams.

The spatial structure of diagrams can be described in algebraic, geometric, cognitive or semiotic terms. Based on the Ur-diagram of the Divided Line in Platös Republic, diagrams can be understood as representations of the visible and the intelligible world. However, the knowledge thus conveyed is subject to the contingency of material and contextual, i.e., period-specific circumstances. How is the spatial organization of diagrams in medieval manuscripts structured under such conditions? The examples dealt with in this essay range from diagrammaric glosses to the late antique Corpus Dionysiacum to visualizations of the powers of perception and cognition by the Renaissance scholar Charles Bovelles. Medieval spaces of knowledge encompassed not only the confines of libraries or the extended social networks within which books were written, exchanged, and read; they also took shape on the page, most persuasively in the form of diagrams.

Über den Autor

Jeffrey F. Hamburger, born in 1957, is Kuno Francke Professor of German Art & Culture at Harvard University. He has published on medieval art, especially on illuminated manuscripts and on piety and mysticism. His research interests include text-image issues across various media, the history of diagrams and the art of female monasticism.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Fachbereich: Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
Genre: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Randgänge der Mediävistik
Inhalt: 65 S.
1 s/w Illustr.
19 farbige Illustr.
1 s/w Tab.
21 Illustr.
ISBN-13: 9783796554117
ISBN-10: 3796554113
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 5411
Einband: Klappenbroschur
Autor: Hamburger, Jeffrey F.
Hersteller: Schwabe Verlag Basel
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Abbildungen: 1 schwarz-weiße und 19 farbige Abbildungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Maße: 209 x 148 x 7 mm
Von/Mit: Jeffrey F. Hamburger
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.12.2025
Gewicht: 0,134 kg
Artikel-ID: 134357177

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