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The numerical universe of the Gawain-Pearl poet : beyond Phi
- Title
- The numerical universe of the Gawain-Pearl poet : beyond Phi / Edward I. Condren.
- Author
- Condren, Edward I.
- Publication
- Gainesvillle : University Press of Florida, [2002], ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PR1972.G353 C67 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 205 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- British Library
- Patience (Middle English poem)
- Purity (Middle English poem)
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Pearl (Middle English poem)
- English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
- Mathematics and literature > History > To 1500
- Manuscripts, English (Middle)
- Mathematics in literature
- Numbers in literature
- Alliteration
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-197) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cotton Nero A.x: A Numerical Construct -- 3. Pearl -- 4. Purity (Clannesse) -- 5. Patience -- 6. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- App. 1. Geometric and Algebraic Construction of the Divine Proportion -- App. 2. Construction of Three Phi-related Rectangles within a Dodecahedron -- App. 3. The Poet's Successive Expansion of His Fundamental Design.
- ISBN
- 0813025540 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2002024392
- OCLC
- ocm49529817
- SCSB-4320350
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries