The secret of secrets : the scholarly career of a pseudo-Aristotelian text in the Latin Middle Ages /

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Author / Creator:Williams, Steven J.
Imprint:Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003.
Description:xiv, 481 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4854376
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ISBN:0472113089 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-471) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The Contents and the Formation of the Secret of Secrets
  • Ch. 2. John of Seville and the Introduction of the Secret of Secrets to the West
  • Ch. 3. Philip of Tripoli and the Complete Translation of the Secret of Secrets
  • Ch. 4. From the Holy Land to Europe: The First Stage of Circulation
  • Ch. 5. Textual History and the Myth of an Official Expurgation
  • Ch. 6. The Scholarly Reception of the Secret of Secrets, Part 1: Success
  • Ch. 7. The Scholarly Reception of the Secret of Secrets, Part 2: The Limits of Success
  • App. 1. John of Seville's Prologue to the Epistola
  • App. 2. Philip of Tripoli's Prologue to the Secret of Secrets
  • App. 3. Manuscripts of the Secret of Secrets to circa 1325
  • App. 4. Commentaries
  • App. 5. Early Printings of the Latin Secret of Secrets.