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Charles V of France and the Livre des propriétés des choses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11892735 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donal Byrne (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97-113 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medieval History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0304-4181(81)90038-5 |
| OpenAlex | W2015872193 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
The subject of this paper is the Livre des propriétés des choses, the fourteenth-century French translation of the thirteenth-century encyclopedia De proprietatibus rerum. The translation was made for Charles V of France, and the original copy is lost. Here a reconstruction is offered of the appearance of the frontispiece of the royal exemplar. The textual additions of the translator and the iconography of this frontispiece reveal a new conception of the meaning and usage of the encyclopedia, as well as a concerted attempt to draw this authoritative work into the orbit of royal aims and aspirations. The reconstructed frontispiece also allows us to correct an error, which originates with Montfaucon, concerning the illustration of the original copy of the Livre des propriétés des choses
Art · Art history · Encyclopedia · Epistemology · Humanities · Iconography · Imago · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Subject (documents · Classics · Computer Science · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |