The Moral Treatise on the Eye (Mediaeval Sources in Translation)

Peter of Limoges

ISBN 10: 0888443013 / ISBN 13: 9780888443014

Edité par PIMS, 2012

2012 Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 6 x 9 inches tall trade paperback in glossy color pictorial covers, index, xxxiii, 271 pp. Very slight soiling and edgewear to covers. Bumping to the upper tip of the rear cover. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~DD~ [2.0P] Translated into English for the first time by Richard Newhauser, this work is a translation of the Tractatus moralis de oculo, a late 13th-century 'bestseller' written by the scholar Peter of Limoges at the University of Paris. The book bridges two seemingly conflicting medieval topics: optical science and Christian pastoral care. Peter of Limoges took contemporary mathematical and physical discoveries regarding optics ? derived from ancient Greek and Arabic scientists ? and applied them metaphorically to moral theology, spiritual devotion, and ethics. Alongside the primary text, the 2012 volume includes an extensive introductory essay by Newhauser that details the life of Peter of Limoges, his intellectual circle, and the historical conflict between science and theology. It also includes comprehensive reference tools, specifically a detailed index of classical and medieval sources, an analogue index, and a bibliography. Contents: On the number of parts comprising the eye; On the order of the parts in the composition of the eye; On the number of types of vision; On the means of vision; On the organ in which vision is completed; On 13 extraordinary phenomena that are related to lessons concerning eyesight; On moral instruction according to twelve properties that have been ascertained in the corporeal eye; On seven distinctions of the eyes according to the distinction of the seven capital vices; On the costliness of the eyes in respect to other members of the human body; On suffering the loss of the corporeal e yes with equanimity; On the education of students based on the seven conditions that are required for sight; On the instruction of prelates based on seven properties of the eyes; On the four things spiritual eyes should contemplate continually; On three visible things that delight the corporeal eye; On the sevenfold eye of the divine gaze. N° de réf. du vendeur DD-0562-15591

Synopsis :

This volume makes The Moral Treatise on the Eye available for the first time in English, and also contains an introduction to Peter of Limoges, his intellectual interests, the sources of the Treatise, and its place in the theological and scientific developments of the late thirteenth century.

À propos de l'auteur: Richard Newhauser is Professor of English at Arizona State University, Tempe and the author (with Istv?n Bejczy), most recently, of A Supplement to Morton W. Bloomfield et al., ?Incipits of Latin Works on the Virtues and Vices, 1100?1500 AD? (2008).

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Moral Treatise on the Eye (Mediaeval ...
Éditeur : PIMS
Date d'édition : 2012
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Very Good