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Medieval Latin New & Forthcoming Titles 2020 Medieval Latin New & Forthcoming Titles 2020 Sicut dicit Transmission of Knowledge Science in the Monastery Editing Ancient and Medieval in the Late Middle Ages Texts, Manuscripts and Learning Commentaries on Authoritative Texts and the Renaissance at Saint-Bertin Shari Boodts, Pieter De Leemans, Outi Merisalo, Susanna Niiranen, Steven J. Livesey Stefan Schorn (eds) Miika Kuha (eds) This volume explores the methodological challeng- This volume explores the Late Medieval and If the library collection of Saint-Bertin is examined, one es associated with the editing of commentaries on Renaissance transmission of texts of different genres, fi nds that many of the books were added by alumni authoritative texts and shows their potential for the languages and periods from the book historical point of the University of Paris and Louvain, and in one in- textual constitution of the latter ones. Bringing togeth- of view, taking into consideration not only the textual stance, Cologne, and that as a whole, the monastery’s er twelve case studies spanning Antiquity to the Late but also the material aspect of the traditions. The au- collection refl ected the changing currents within late Middle Ages, on texts written in Greek and Latin from thors include eminent specialists as well as mid- and medieval intellectual society. Science in the Monastery a variety of fi elds, including literature, theology, philos- early career scholars. proposes to analyze Benedictine science using Saint- ophy, medicine, and law, the volume offers a broad, Bertin as a vehicle. interdisciplinary perspective on commentaries on authoritative texts and the editors’ work to accurately reconstruct and present them. approx. 300 p., 6 b/w ills, 5 col. ills, 156 x 234 mm, 2020, 239 p., 19 col. ills, 216 x 280 mm, 2019, approx. 300 p., 5 b/w ills, 15 col. ills, 216 x 280 mm, 2020, ISBN 978-2-503-58649-6 ISBN 978-2-503-58156-9 ISBN 978-2-503-58563-5 Hardback: approx. € 90 Paperback: € 80 Paperback: € 85 Series: Lectio, vol. 8 Series: Bibliologia, vol. 53 Series: Bibliologia, vol. 55 PUBLICATION SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 2020 AVAILABLE PUBLICATION SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 2020 Literature Squared Remaking Boethius Achard de Saint-Victor Self-Refl exivity in Late Antique The English Language Translation métaphysicien Literature Tradition of ‘The Consolation of Le De unitate Dei et pluralitate creaturarum Jesús Hernández Lobato, Philosophy’ Gilles Olivo, Vincent Carraud, Óscar Prieto Domínguez (eds) Brian Donaghey, Noel Harold Kaylor, Pasquale Porro (éds) Philip Edward Phillips, Paul E. Szarmach (eds) This collection of essays focuses on a crucial aspect of Remaking Boethius provides a comprehensive inven- Le livre rassemble des contributions nécessairement late antique thought and literature that has hitherto tory of all English translations of the Consolatio of modestes et partielles, mais pionnières, dont le seul but largely been neglected: its self-refl exivity, i.e. its unprec- Boethius and supplies basic information on the salient est d’initier à l’explication du De unitate Dei et pluralitate edented ability to make language and literature into features that interested readers will need in initial creaturarum d’Achard de Saint-Victor, un traité d’une its main and often its only subject matter. phases of research on the large and complex English audace, d’une complexité et d’une puissance spécula- translation tradition. tive exceptionnelles. approx. 275 p., 156 x 234 mm, 2019, xxviii + 496 p., 156 x 234 mm, 2019, 180 p., 3 col. ills, 170 x 240 mm, 2019, ISBN 978-2-503-58652-6 ISBN 978-2-503-58467-6 ISBN 978-2-503-58825-4 Paperback: approx. € 75 Hardback: € 85 Paperback: € 54 Series: Studi e testi tardoantichi, vol. 18 Series: Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, vol. 40 Série: Ad argumenta, vol. 2 PUBLICATION SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 2020 AVAILABLE DISPONIBLE Brepols Publishers – Begijnhof 67 – 2300 Turnhout – Belgium – Tel: + 32 14 44 80 20 – Fax: + 32 14 42 89 19 – [email protected] – www.brepols.net Physiognomonica Epikur im lateinischen Bonds and Boundaries among Translatio Bartholomaei de Messana Mittelalter the Early Churches Lisa Devriese (ed.) Mit einer kritischen Edition des X. Buches Community Maintenance in der Vitae philosophorum des Diogenes the Letter of James and the Didache This volume offers the fi rst critical edition of the Laertios in der lateinischen Übersetzung Chun Ling Yu medieval Latin translation of pseudo-Aristotle’s von Ambrogio Traversari (1433) Physiognomonica . The text was translated from Greek Christian Kaiser into Latin by Bartholomew of Messina during the This book explores the group confl icts within early reign of king Manfred (1258-1266) and deals with Christian communities refl ected in the letter of James Didache physiognomy. Die Studie liefert im ersten Teil erstmalig eine um- and the , and then analyzes the community fassende historisch-systematische, monographische maintenance strategies of these two writings. With Aufarbeitung der Rolle Epikurs in der Philosophie-, the tools from social science, it shows that community Kultur- und Ideengeschichte des lateinischen confl ict is an important background for biblical inter- Mittelalters (von Isidor von Sevilla bis zum Ende des pretation and the understanding of the early church. 15. Jahrhunderts). Der zweite Teil bietet die kritische und kommentierte Edition der ersten lateinischen Übersetzung des X. Buches des Diogenes Laertios, die Ambrogio Traversari 1433 fertiggestellt hatte. cx + 74 p., 2 b/w ills, 178 x 254 mm, 2019, viii + 493 p., 156 x 234 mm, 2019, xxi + 313 p., 156 x 234 mm, 2018, ISBN 978-2-503-58567-3 ISBN 978-2-503-58769-1 ISBN 978-2-503-58073-9 Hardback: € 90 Hardback: € 70 Paperback: € 70 Series: Aristoteles Latinus, vol. XIX Series: Rencontres de Philosophie Médiévale, vol. 19 Series: Studia Traditionis Theologiae, vol. 29 VAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE A From Topography to Text All Roads Lead to Rome The Disputatio Chori et The Image of Jerusalem in The Creation, Context & Transmission Praetextati the Writings of Eucherius, of the Codex Amiatinus The Roman Calendar for Beginners Adomnán and Bede Jane Hawkes, Meg Boulton (eds) Leofranc Holford-Strevens Rodney Aist This collection of essays reassesses the varying A late-anti que expositi on of the Roman calendar contexts of the Codex Amiatinus, perhaps the most A break-out study on Adomnán’s De locis sanctis and famous copy of the Bible surviving in Western Europe. Disputatio Chori et Praetextati the Jerusalem pilgrim texts, From Topography to Text The is an excerpt on It is a fascinating and elusive manuscript, with a suite of uses new methodological fi ndings on the Christian the Roman calendar from the fi rst book of Macrobius’ decorated folios, it was made in Anglo-Saxon England Saturnalia topography of Jerusalem to examine the source ma- , with some, but by no means all its pagan around the turn of the eighth century at the twin terial, religious imagination and mental maps in the matter excised. The present edition, the fi rst devot- monastic foundation of Wearmouth and Jarrow as Disputatio related writings of Eucherius, Adomnán and Bede. ed to the rather than Macrobius, seeks to one of three such ‘pandects’. clarify; it examines the manuscripts and the relations between them, presents a critical edition with appa- ratus criticus and translation, and attaches a full-scale commentary concerned above all with the informa- tion provided in the text. xxiv + 262 p., 11 b/w ills, 156 x 234 mm, 2019, xx + 200 p., 25 b/w ills, 30 col. ills, 216 x 280 mm, 2019, x + 141 p., 156 x 234 mm, 2019, ISBN 978-2-503-58075-3 ISBN 978-2-503-58142-2 ISBN 978-2-503-58423-2 Paperback: € 65 Hardback: € 75 Paperback: € 45 Series: Studia Traditionis Theologiae, vol. 30 Series: Studia Traditionis Theologiae, vol. 31 Series: Studia Traditionis Theologiae, vol. 32 AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE Richard Rolle Les silences de l’historien Historia Apollonii regis Tyri The Fifteenth-Century Translations Oublis, omissions, effets de censure dans A Fourteenth-Century Version Tamás Karáth l’historiographie antique et médiévale of a Late Antique Romance Corinne Jouanno (éd.) Edited from Vatican City, Biblioteca This book explores the fi fteenth-century translations Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vaticanus of Richard Rolle’s Latin and English writings into Dans l’écriture de l’histoire, les mots ne sont pas latinus 1961 English and Latin, respectively, raising questions about seuls porteurs de sens, les silences aussi peuvent être William Robins (ed.) the impact of translation on an author’s legacy through signifi ants : personnages oubliés, événements occultés, the editorial activity of his translators. The volume also informations tronquées ou censurées – telles sont discusses Rolle’s sensory mysticism — which was crit- les zones aveugles, les non-dits sur lesquels se sont This edition of the Historia Apollonii regis Tyri provides icized by the ensuing generation of mystics — whilst interrogés les auteurs des douze articles composant a text of the Latin Historia Apollonii as a reader from looking into the ways in which translations of his work ce recueil consacré à l’historiographie antique et the later Middle Ages might have encountered it, from create a fi fteenth-century version of Rolle. médiévale, en langues grecque et latine, du Ve siècle a manuscript written in Italy in the middle of the four- av. J.-C. à l’époque des Croisades. teenth century. xi + 123 p., 140 x 215 mm, Pontifi cal Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2019, ISBN 978-0-88844-486-8 Paperback: € 17.50 xii + 370 p., 9 b/w ills, 156 x 234 mm, 2018, 371 p., 156 x 234 mm, 2019, Series: Toronto Medieval Latin Texts, vol. 36 ISBN 978-2-503-57769-2 ISBN 978-2-503-58431-7 AVAILABLE Hardback: € 100 Paperback: € 80 Series: Medieval Church Studies, vol. 40 Série: Giornale Italiano di Filologia - Bibliotheca, vol.
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