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Title

Speculum arabicum : intersecting perspectives on medieval encyclopaedism : proceedings of the International conference at Louvain-la-Neuve and Cambron-Casteau, 22-24 May 2017 / edited by Godefroid de Callataÿ, Mattia Cavagna and Baudouin Van den Abeele.

Publication

• Louvain-la-Neuve : Institut d'études médiévales, 2021.
• ©2021

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Additional Authors

• Cavagna, Mattia
• Callataÿ, Godefroid de
• Abeele, Baudouin van den

Description

352 pages : illustrations, charts; 24 cm.

Summary

"Speculum Arabicum. Intersecting Perspectives on Medieval Encyclopaedism. Proceedings of the International Conference at Louvain-la-Neuve and Cambron-Çasteau, 22-24 May 2017, ed. G. DE CALLATe, M. CAVAGNA AND B. VAN DEN ABEELE (Publications de l'Institut d'études médiévales. Textes, Études, Congrès, 33), Louvain-la-Neuve, 2021, 352 p. Research on medieval encyclopaedism has generated excellent results in various fields so far, but it still suffers at times from a propensity for compartmentalization, with the result that Arabists, Byzantinists, Latinists, and Romanicists are only rarely involved in common schemes. With this regard, the project "Speculum Arabicum : Objectifying the contribution of the Arab-Muslim world to the history of sciences and ideas : the sources and resources of medieval encyclopaedism" was funded from 2012 to 2017 by an ARC-Actions de Recherche Concertées at the Université catholique de Louvain. The present volume includes 13 of the papers presented at the closing international symposium of the prof ect. After an introduction by the three editors, B. Van den Abeele (UCLouvain) brings a panoramic state of the art on Latin medieval encyclopedias, starting with the delicate question of a definition of the genre, and delineates some lins for future research on these works. The fist section of the volume, "Knowing heaven and earth", includes articles by G. de Callatay and L. Saif (UCLouvain) on astrological and prophetic cycles in Islamic esoterica, Ch. Burnett (London) on the astrological Liber novem iudicum, J.-Ch. Ducène (Brussels) on geography in Mamluk encyclopedias, and F.S. Eryilmaz (Barcelona) on the Ottoman Imperial scroll. In the second section, "Studying and using the animal world", G. Clesse (UCLouvain) looks at the transmission of oriental knowledge to Western encyclopaedic compilations, with respect to the pharmacological properties of animais, G. Zarra (Florence) studies the influence, in the vernacular encyclopedia of Brunetto Latini, of the Thesaurus pauperum, as to the use of animais products, M. Ben Saad (Paris) revisits the Kitàb-al-bayawan by the ninth-century naturalist Jeiz, focusing on the way he classifies animais, and Thierry Buquet (Caen) examines the chapters on exotic animais - especially Eastern - in the encyclopaedia of Thomas of Cantimpré. The last section, "Diffusing knowledge", starts with an overview of vemacular translations of Bartholomaeus Anglicus's encyclopedia De proprietatibus rerum by J. Ducos (Paris) and continues with F. Ninitte (UCLouvain), who shows how the Speculum historiale of Vincent de Beauvais plays a leading role in the Christian West's knowledge of the Arab-Muslim tradition ; L. Mainini (Roma) argues that the scientific tradition, far from being confined to a marginal or specialized field, truly irrigates medieval vernacular production, as evidenced by works written in Tuscany and Emilia. Finally, M. Cavagna (UCLouvain) presents the results of an investigation of the scientific manuscripts and early prints preserved at the Royal Library of Belgium, highlighting some little known texts and translations."--Page 4 of cover.

Series Statement

Université catholique de Louvain, publications de l'Institut d'études médiévales. Textes, études, congrès ; vol. 33

Uniform Title

Publications de l'Institut d'études médiévales (Université catholique de Louvain (1970- ). Institut d’études médiévales). Textes, études, congrès ; vol. 33.

Subject

• Civilization, Medieval > Arab influences > Congresses
• Encyclopedias and dictionaries > History and criticism > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• In French or English.

Contents

Introduction by Godefroid de Callatay, Mattia Cavagna and Baudouin van Den Abeele -- Encyclopédies latines du Moyen Âge : acquis et perspectives de la recherche -- Knowing heaven and earth -- Astrological and Prophetical Cycles in the Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica and Other Islamic Esoterica -- The Astrological Liber novem iudicum. A Kind of Encyclopedia ? -- La géographie dans les encyclopédies mameloukes (XIIIe-XIVe s.) : entre vision figée du monde et mise à jour -- The Manipulation of Ancient and Medieval Knowledge in the Ottonian Court -- Studying and using the animal world -- De la source au confluent : les citations de médecins arabes par les compilateurs latins -- Le Thesaurus pauperum et l'encyclopédisme médiéval -- Spécificité du discours naturaliste d'al-Ôàhiz (776-868) : quelle influence sur la zoologie arabe médiévale ? -- La faune exotique dans le Liber de natura rerum de Thomas de Cantimpré. Quels nouveaux apports ? -- Diffusing knowledge -- L'encyclopédisme au carrefour des langues : l'exemple du De proprietatibus rerum de Barthélemy l'Anglais -- Secundum fratrem Vincentium : qu'ont retenu les lecteurs du Speculum historiale au sujet de l'Islam ? Le cas de Giovanni Colonna et de Laurent de Premier fait -- "Il Dizionario enciclopedico politico-scientifico-filosofico". Pratique des textes et théorie de la culture, des "volgarizzamenti" jusqu'à Dante -- Traduire, écrire et imprimer la science. Notes sur quelques manuscrits et imprimés encyclopédiques et scientifiques conservés à la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique -- Publications of the ARC Project "Speculum Arabicum" -- Index of authors and works -- Index of manuscripts.

Call Number

ReCAP 23-113724

ISBN

9789464519228

OCLC

• 1369646681
• AAL08233166-0001

Title

Speculum arabicum : intersecting perspectives on medieval encyclopaedism : proceedings of the International conference at Louvain-la-Neuve and Cambron-Casteau, 22-24 May 2017 / edited by Godefroid de Callataÿ, Mattia Cavagna and Baudouin Van den Abeele.

Publisher

Louvain-la-Neuve : Institut d'études médiévales, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Université catholique de Louvain, publications de l'Institut d'études médiévales. Textes, études, congrès ; vol. 33

Publications de l'Institut d'études médiévales (Université catholique de Louvain (1970- ). Institut d’études médiévales). Textes, études, congrès ; vol. 33.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language

In French or English.

Added Author

Cavagna, Mattia, editor.

Callataÿ, Godefroid de, editor.

Abeele, Baudouin van den, editor.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 23-113724