TY - BOOK AU - Kauntze,Mark TI - Authority and imitation: a study of the Cosmographia of Bernard Silvestris T2 - Mittellateinische Studien und Texte, SN - 9789004268357 AV - PA8275.B25 C634 2014eb U1 - 189 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Leiden PB - Brill KW - Bernard Silvestris, KW - Bernardus KW - Cosmographia (Bernard Silvestris) KW - fast KW - Literature, Medieval KW - History and criticism KW - Didactic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) KW - Cosmology, Medieval KW - Poetry KW - Littérature médiévale KW - Histoire et critique KW - Poésie didactique latine médiévale et moderne KW - Cosmologie médiévale KW - Poésie KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - History & Surveys KW - Medieval KW - bisacsh KW - Intellectual life KW - Tours (France) KW - France KW - Tours KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; A Note on Texts and Translations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Bernard and the Schools of Tours; The City and Its Schools; Ars dictaminis; Poetry and Imitation; Chapter 2 The Science of the Cosmographia; The Mixed Form; Platonic Themes and Variations; Medicine and Astrology; The Purpose of Natural Science; Chapter 3 The Theology of the Cosmographia; Platonism and Christianity; The Trinity; The Fall; The Incarnation; The Function of integumentum; Chapter 4 Bernard's Readers; The Standard Gloss; The Laudian Gloss; Quotation and Imitation; Alan of Lille and Peter LombardConclusion; Appendix I Synopsis of the Cosmographia; Appendix II Census of Cosmographia Manuscripts; Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts; General Index N2 - In Authority and Imitation Mark Kauntze presents a new reading of the twelfth-century Cosmographia of Bernard Silvestris, showing how this allegory of creation adapted ancient authorities to contemporary debates about natural philosophy UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=782411 ER -