Research Catalog

Title

The medieval West meets the rest of the world / general editor, Nancy van Deusen.

Publication

Ottawa : Institute of Mediaeval Music, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Van Deusen, Nancy (Nancy Elizabeth)
• White, Lynn, Jr., 1907-1987.
• Institute of Mediaeval Music.

Description

vi, 138 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

• Claremont cultural studies
• Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen ; Bd. 62/2 = Musicological studies ; vol. 62/2

Uniform Title

Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (Institute of Mediaeval Music) ; Bd. 62/2.

Subject

• East and West > Congresses
• Civilization, Medieval > Congresses
• Music > 500-1400 > Congresses

Note

• The conference, East Meets West: The Resonance of Medieval European Concepts with the Rest of the World, was held to honor the memory of Lynn White, Jr., February 9-10, 1990, at California State University, Northridge--P. vi.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Yin and yang as insignia of the Armigeri / Gunar Freibergs -- Great chain of nothing / Crerar Douglas -- The cookie computus / Barnabas B. Hughes -- The role of Alfred of Sarashel in the dissemination of Eastern medical learning in the Latin West / James K. Otte -- Nicolas of Cusa and the Sixth Patriarch / Kees W. Bolle -- Medieval concepts and their resonance / James Porter -- The medieval concept and genres of musica vulgaris / Doris Stockmann -- Bipolarity and the fifth interval in gamelan and medieval European music / José Maceda -- Procession without progress / Nancy van Deusen -- King Arthur and the "Sarmatian connection" / C. Scott Littleton -- The Alan of Lot / Linda A. Malcor.

ISBN

0931902940

LCCN

95153289

OCLC

• ocm32227062
• SCSB-2087328

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library