Medieval Textual Cultures: Agents of Transmission, Translation and Transformation

Published by De Gruyter 2016

Medieval Textual Cultures

Agents of Transmission, Translation and Transformation

Edited by: Faith Wallis and Robert Wisnovsky

Volume 6 in the series Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110467307

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Understanding how medieval textual cultures engaged with the heritage of antiquity (transmission and translation) depends on recognizing that reception is a creative cultural act (transformation). These essays focus on the people, societies and institutions who were doing the transmitting, translating, and transforming -- the "agents". The subject matter ranges from medicine to astronomy, literature to magic, while the cultural context encompasses Islamic and Jewish societies, as well as Byzantium and the Latin West. What unites these studies is their attention to the methodological and conceptual challenges of thinking about agency. Not every agent acted with an agenda, and agenda were sometimes driven by immediate needs or religious considerations that while compelling to the actors, are more opaque to us. What does it mean to say that a text becomes “available” for transmission or translation? And why do some texts, once transmitted, fail to thrive in their new milieu? This collection thus points toward a more sophisticated “ecology” of transmission, where not only individuals and teams of individuals, but also social spaces and local cultures, act as the agents of cultural creativity.

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Faith Wallis and Robert Wisnovsky, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
A note on the forms of personal and institutional names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Introduction: Agents of Transmission, Translation and Transformation Faith Wallis and Robert Wisnovsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Agents and Agencies? The Many Facets of Translation in Byzantine Medicine Alain Touwaide Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Galenism at the ʿAbbāsid Court Keren Abbou Hershkovits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
A New Catalogue of Medieval Translations into Latin of Texts on Astronomy and Astrology Charles Burnett and David Juste Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Bernat Metge and Hasdai Crescas: A Conversation Warren Zev Harvey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Transmitting the Astrolabe: Chaucer, Islamic Astronomy, and the Astrolabic Text Christine Chism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Literary criticism in the Vulgate Commentary on Ovid’s Metamorphoses Frank T. Coulson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
On the Individuality of the Medieval Translator Michael McVaugh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Charles I of Anjou as Initiator of the Liber Continens Translation: Patronage Between Foreign Affairs and Medical Interest Raphaela Veit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
The Transmission of Azarquiel’s Magic Squares in Latin Europe Rosa Comes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
On the Integration of Islamic and Jewish Thought: An Unknown Project Proposal by Shlomo Pines Carlos Fraenkel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of Classical Studies, Medieval Studies, Islamic Studies; Jewish Studies; History of Medicine; Science and Philosophy
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 214
Keywords: Medieval; Textuality; Classics; Transmission

eBook

Published: August 22, 2016
ISBN: 9783110467307

Hardcover

Published: August 22, 2016
ISBN: 9783110465464

Paperback

Published: April 9, 2018
ISBN: 9783110601381