This is the first reconstruction of the Hortus deliciarum, the unique manuscript of which was destroyed in 1870. The text was established from 19th-century transcripts (principally those made for Comte A. De Bastard), from printed sources, and from C. M. Engelhardt’s record of the German glosses as editor E. Von Steinmeyer. The miniatures are reproduced from the best copies, some in versions previously unpublished. Variants are also included. All the painted copies are reproduced in colour. The reconstruction restores the original sequence of text and illustrations and is intended to replace the obsolete publication of Alexandre Straub and Gustave Keller (1879-99). The edition was prepared under the supervision of Professor Rosalie Green, Director of the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University, who is responsible for the placing of illustrations and text, for the catalogue of the miniatures and for the comparative illustrations. Dr Michael Evans, of the Warburg Institute, and Mlle Christine Bischoff established and ordered the text. Professor Michael Curschmann of Princeton University reconstructed the distribution of the German glosses. The commentary volume includes: Description of the Manuscript and the Reconstruction, by Michael Evans; L’Histoire, par Christine Bischoff; The Miniatures, by Rosalie Green; Le Texte, par Christine Bischoff; The German Glosses, by Michael Curschmann; The Palaeography, by T. Julian Brown; The Musical Notation, by Kenneth Levy; Catalogue of Miniatures, by Rosalie Green.

The 'Hortus Deliciarum' of Herrad of Hohenbourg (Landsberg) (Studies of the Warburg Institute)

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Herrad of Hohenbourg

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<div>CONTENTS I. The authenticity of the Roman Dialogues II. Catalogue of Francisco de Holanda's writings, drawings, paintings and architectural designs.</div>

Two Notes on Francisco De Holanda (Warburg Institute Studies & Texts)

Arts & Photography

Bury, J.B.

History & Criticism

Ovid in Renaissance France: A Survey of the Latin Editions of Ovid and Commentaries Printed in France Before 1600 (Warburg Institute Studies & Texts)

Moss, Ann

Picatrix: the Latin Version of the "Ghayat Al-hakim" (Studies of the Warburg Institute)

Religion & Spirituality

Pingree, David

Occult & Paranormal

Written in the second quarter of the 11th century this work is an important treatise on light and vision. The work is divided into seven books; this translation covers the first three dealing with rectilinear vision.

The Optics of Ibn Al-Haytham: On Direct Vision Books 1-3 (Two Volume Set) (Studies of the Warburg Institute)

Al-Haytham, Ibn

CRAWFORD, M. H., ED.: ANTONIO AGUSTIN BETWEEN RENAISSANCE AND COUNTER-REFORM . LONDON, 1993, viii 312 p. figurasEncuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Antonio Agustin Between Renaissance and Counter-Reform (Warburg Institute Surveys and Texts,)

History

Baranyay, Eileen P

Europe

Lorenzo the Magnificent: Culture and Politics: Culture and Politics (Volume 3) (Warburg Institute Colloquia)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

This is a Latin translation made in the mid-12th century of a lost Arabic astrological text on nativities and anniversaries, probably by Masha'allah (762-c.815). The Latin text, the work of Hugo of Santalla, who was in the entourage of Michael, Bishop of Tarazona, in 1145, sheds light on the early stage of Arabic astrology in Baghdad, which was based on Greek and Middle Persian sources, and it includes a bibliography of these sources. This work provides English translations of the parallel passages based on Masha'allah's text - the Book of Nativities of Sahl b. Bishr. The book concludes with an index of the sources mentioned and a comprehensive word index.

The "Liber Aristotilis" of Hugo of Santalla (Warburg Institute Studies & Texts)

Hugo of Santalla

This volume offers a comprehensive view of Hildegard of Bingen's manifold achievements, her intellectual background and her reception in the later Middle Ages. It brings together, with full documentation, the contributions of an international group of medievalists, from diverse disciplines, to the colloquium held at the Warburg Institute on 17– 18 November 1995. Three of the essays are devoted to the cultural landscape in which Hildegard lived and worked – her relation to the writings of the Fathers, to the schools of her own time, and to the prophetic tradition. Two others examine how, after Hildegard's death, she came to be revered as saint and prophet, and two shed new light on the transmission of her manuscripts and of the illuminations that accompany her visions. Each of the remaining essays focuses on what is new and individual in aspects of Hildegard's astonishingly varied work: in her sacred music and poetry, her astronomy, botany and medicine, and in her unprecedented uses of allegory. The volume both pays tribute to the ninth centenary of Hildegard's birth (1098) and complements the first major study of Hildegard in our century – that of Hans Liebeschütz – which the Warburg Library, still in Hamburg, published in 1930. Contents • Peter Dronke – – The Allegorical World– Picture of Hildegard of Bingen: Revaluations and New Problems • Albert Derolez – – The Manuscript Tradition of Hildegard of Bingen's Writings: The State of the Problem • Madeline Caviness – – Hildegard as the Designer of the Illustrations to her Works • Charles Burnett – – Hildegard in England: A Note on Hildegard's Texts in the Library of the Austin Friars in York • Angela Carlevaris – – Ildegarda e la Patristica • Robert Murray – – Prophecy in Hildegard • Constant Mews – – Hildegard and the Schools • Charles Burnett – – Hildegard of Bingen and the Science of the Stars • Danielle Jacquart – – Hildegarde et la physiologie de son temps • Laurence Moulinier – – Abbesse et agronome: Hildegarde et le savoir botanique de son temps • Walter Berschin – – Eine Offiziendichtung in der Symphonia Hildegards von Bingen: Ursula und die Elftausend Jungfrauen (carm. 44) • John Stevens – – The Musical Individuality of Hildegard's Songs: A Liturgical Shadowland • Barbara Newman – – Three– Part Invention: The Vita S. Hildegardis and Mystical Hagiography • José Carlos Santos Paz – – Aspetti della ricezione dell'opera di Ildegarda nel Duecento

Hildegard of Bingen. The Context of her Thought and Art: The Context of Her Thought and Art (Volume 4) (Warburg Institute Colloquia)

Pictorial Composition from Medieval to Modern Art (Volume 6) (Warburg Institute Colloquia)

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