Publisher Description

Manuscripts constitute the source material par excellence for diverse academic disciplines. Art historians, philologists, historians, theologians, philosophers, book historians and even jurists encounter one another around the codex. The fact that such an encounter can be extremely fertile was demonstrated, during an international congress in Brussels on November 5-9, 2002. A record of the discussions can be found in this volume of the "Mediaevalia Lovaniensia". The editors selected those lectures that focused on the historical, literary-historical, philosophical and theological aspects of the congress theme as opposed to those with an explicit art-historical perspective. The common thread, however, is always the codicological aspect: what can the study of manuscripts contribute to the literary-historical interpretation or the insight into the functioning of a text in its original context. The various contributions testify to a fearless and unrestrained interdisciplinary approach to the material.The subjects broached cover a broad domain: from the development of classical themes to the transmission of lyrical models, from visual material giving evidence of the reception of literary texts to the artes-literature used as a vehicle for a love story.

Author Biography

Werner Verbeke is Professor Emeritus in Medieval History and former secretary of the Institute of Medieval Studies, University of Leuven.

Table of Contents

Preface Sharon ARBUTHNOT Medieval Irish Compilation: Conservatism and Creativity Catherine BEL Metamorphose des Metamorphoses: le conte de Pyramus et Thisbe dans les manuscrits de l'Ovide moralise en vers Paul BERTRAND - Baudouin VAN DEN ABEELE Recyclage de contenus et recuperation de pieces d'archives dans le Macrologus encyclopedique de Saint-Laurent de Liege, (circa 1470-1480) Pieter BORGHART The Reception of Aristotle's Ethica Nicomachea in the Heimelijkheid der heimelijkheden (Secret of secrets) by Jacob van Maerlant Herman BRAET Du Portrait d'auteur dans Le Roman de la Rose Geert H.M. CLAASSENS From Ars to Amor: Ms. Gent, U.B. 444 as a Labour of Love Katty DE BUNDEL A Female Scribe Reveals Herself: The Making of Ms. Leuven, Theol. 842S Yitzhak HEN The Recycling of Liturgy under Pippin III and Charlemagne Donna MAYER-MARTIN Respun Melodies for the Virgin: Trouvere Models for the Songs of Gautier de Coinci Martine MEUWESE The Secret History of the Fox and the Hare in Trinity B.11.22 Virginie MINET-MAHY Le recyclage des metaphores dans la litterature allegorique: De l'histoire du sens a la creation poetique. - L'image de la harpe et de l'harmonie universelle Esther M. MULDERS Medieval Manifestations of Eros: The Ancient God of Love in a Christian Setting Susie SPEAKMAN SUTCH La production d'un manuscrit du poeme intituled Le Chevalier delibere d'Olivier de La Marche Gilbert TOURNOY An Italian Scribe at Bruges in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century: Francesco Florio Tania VAN HEMELRYCK La Mutacion de Paix: L'evolution des figures exemplaires pacifiques dans la litterature francaise medievale du XIVe siecle au debut du XVIe siecle Wim VERBAAL The Writer's Love. Love and the Act of Reading: Plato, Augustine and Bernard of Clairvaux Livia VISSER-FUCHS The Manuscript of the Enseignement de vraie noblesse Made for Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, in 1464 Index librorum manu scriptorum Index locorum et nominum personarum

Long Description

Manuscripts are the source material par excellence for diverse academic disciplines. Art historians, philologists, historians, theologians, philosophers, book historians, and even jurists are known to gather around codices. In Medieval Manuscripts in Transition , various scholars investigate the ways in which the study of manuscripts can contribute to interpretation or provide insight. The essays in this book cover a broad range of topics from the development of classical themes to the transmission of lyrical models, from visual material that provides evidence of the reception of literary texts to the literary arts used as vehicles for love stories. Mediaevalia Lovaniensia 36

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