Imaging Aristotle
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Imaging Aristotle

Verbal and Visual Representation in Fourteenth-Century France

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Imaging Aristotle

Verbal and Visual Representation in Fourteenth-Century France

About this book

Nicole Oresme's translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Economics into French from Latin in the 1370s is the subject of Claire Sherman's stunningly illustrated book. Though both the text translations and their images have been studied separately, this is the first time they are published in their entirety and considered together. Intended for an audience of Charles V, his counselors, and high-ranking lay people, these manuscripts are significant for their linguistic and political implications, for moving Aristotle's work beyond clerical and university boundaries, and for reflecting the dynamics of monarchic control of French language and culture. Sherman shows the importance of Oresme's role as translator and book designer. She also explores the gender and class representations in the imagery, relating them not only to the views of Oresme and his audience but also to the contemporary secular culture.

This title was originally published in 1995.
Nicole Oresme's translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Economics into French from Latin in the 1370s is the subject of Claire Sherman's stunningly illustrated book. Though both the text translations and their images have been studied

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. CONTENTS 10
  5. ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. ABBREVIATIONS OF PRINCIPAL MANUSCRIPTS
  8. INTRODUCTION
  9. PART I THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF ORESME’S TRANSLATIONS
  10. 1 ROYAL PATRONAGE OF VERNACULAR TRANSLATIONS
  11. 2 INTELLECTUAL AND POLITICAL TIES BETWEEN NICOLE ORESME
  12. 3 NICOLE ORESME AS MASTER • OF THE TEXTS
  13. PART II PERSONIFICATIONS AND ALLEGORIES AS COGNITIVE AND MNEMONIC SUBJECT GUIDES
  14. 4 PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
  15. 5 DEDICATION FRONTISPIECES (Book 1)
  16. 6 VIRTUE AS QUEEN AND MEAN (Book II)
  17. 7 COURAGE, MODERATION, AND THEIR OPPOSITES (Book III)
  18. 8 GENEROSITY, MAGNANIMITY, PROFLIGACY, AND AVARICE (Book iv)
  19. 9 THE CENTRALITY OF JUSTICE (Book v)
  20. 10 GUIDES TO THE INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES (Book vi)
  21. 11 REASON AND DESIRE: MORAL DECISIONS (Book vn)
  22. 12 FRIENDSHIP: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS (Book viii)
  23. 13 MORAL OBLIGATIONS OF FRIENDSHIP (Book ix)
  24. 14 CONTEMPLATIVE HAPPINESS AND INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY (Book x)
  25. PART III PARADIGMS OF THE BODY POLITIC
  26. 15 CONTRASTS AND CONTINUITIES
  27. 16 THE SIX-FORMS-OF-GOVERNMENT FRONTISPIECES (Book 1)
  28. 17 CLASSICAL AUTHORITIES ON POLITICAL THEORY (Book II)
  29. 18 THREATS TO THE BODY POLITIC (Book III)
  30. 19 FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL STABILITY (Book IV)
  31. 20 UNDERMINING THE BODY POLITIC (Book v)
  32. 21 GOOD DEMOCRACY: A PASTORAL VISION? (Book vi)
  33. 22 CITIZENS AND NONCITIZENS (Book VII)
  34. 23 EDUCATION OF THE YOUNG (Book VIII)
  35. 24 FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD (Book 1, Yconomique)
  36. 25 THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY (Book II, Yconomique)
  37. CONCLUSION
  38. APPENDIX I MS A
  39. APPENDIX II MS C
  40. APPENDIX III MS B
  41. APPENDIX IV MS D
  42. APPENDIX V MS B, FOL. 2
  43. ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY CITED WORKS
  44. NOTES
  45. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  46. INDEX