The Scientific Works of Robert Grosseteste, Volume I
Knowing and Speaking: Robert Grosseteste's De artibus liberalibus 'On the Liberal Arts' and De generatione sonorum 'On the Generation of Sounds'
Oxford University Press
Published on 6. November 2019
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-19-880551-9 (ISBN)
Description
Few figures of the Middle Ages command the attention of so many modern disciplines as Robert Grosseteste (c. 1170-1253). Theology, Philosophy, History, and Science are all areas which his life and thought continue to have significance and to inspire re-interpretation. Accompanied by a series of original commentaries, this new edition of Grosseteste's work, with English translation, draws together the perspectives of modern scientists and medieval specialists. Volume I of a six volume series, Knowing and Speaking presents two of the earliest of Grosseteste's works, the treatises On the Liberal Arts and On the Generation of Sounds. These are accompanied by a significant Middle English treatise on the Seven Liberal Arts whose anonymous fifteenth-century author translated and excerpted passages from Grosseteste's treatises in a re-imagining of their structure and function.
Each work is treated separately within the volume, which is constructed in three parts. On the Liberal Arts sets Grosseteste's thoughts on the arts subjects and emphasises moral concerns about the purpose of learning. On the Generation of Sounds builds on the theories and statements of On the Liberal Arts in connection to the production of sound, elaborating the earlier position, relating the generation of sounds to human vocal and speech production.
Each work is treated separately within the volume, which is constructed in three parts. On the Liberal Arts sets Grosseteste's thoughts on the arts subjects and emphasises moral concerns about the purpose of learning. On the Generation of Sounds builds on the theories and statements of On the Liberal Arts in connection to the production of sound, elaborating the earlier position, relating the generation of sounds to human vocal and speech production.
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English
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Oxford
United Kingdom
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
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835 gr
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978-0-19-880551-9 (9780198805519)
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Persons
Giles E. M. Gasper is Professor of High Medieval History in the Department of History at Durham University.
Cecilia Panti is Associate Professor in History of Medieval Philosophy in the Department of Literature, Philosophy, and the History of Art at the University of Rome.
Tom McLeish FRS is Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics at the Centre for Medieval Studies and Humanities Research Centre at the University of York.
Hannah E. Smithson is Associate Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology and Tutorial Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Oxford.
Cecilia Panti is Associate Professor in History of Medieval Philosophy in the Department of Literature, Philosophy, and the History of Art at the University of Rome.
Tom McLeish FRS is Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics at the Centre for Medieval Studies and Humanities Research Centre at the University of York.
Hannah E. Smithson is Associate Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology and Tutorial Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Oxford.
Series Editor
Professor of High Medieval HistoryProfessor of High Medieval History, Durham University
Associate Professor in History of Medieval PhilosophyAssociate Professor in History of Medieval Philosophy, University of Rome
Professor of Natural PhilosophyProfessor of Natural Philosophy, University of York
Associate ProfessorAssociate Professor, University of Oxford
Content
List of Figures
List of Boxes
List of Tables
Abbreviations
List of contributors
Giles E. M. Gasper, Cecilia Panti, Tom C. B. McLeish, and Hannah E. Smithson: Introduction
Part 1: On the Liberal Arts
1: Giles E. M. Gasper: On the Liberal Arts and its Historical Context
2: Giles E. M. Gasper, Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Nicola Polloni, Neil Lewis, and Jack P. Cunningham: The Liberal Arts: Inheritances and Conceptual Frameworks
3: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Giles E. M. Gasper, Cecilia Panti, and Neil Lewis: On the Liberal Arts: Manuscripts
4: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Giles E. M. Gasper, Cecilia Panti, and Neil Lewis: On the Liberal Arts: Translation, Historiography, and Synopsis
Translated by Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn: Latin Edition and English Translation of On the Liberal Arts
5: Neil Lewis: The Trivium
6: Cecilia Panti: The Quadrivium and the Discipline of Music
7: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Tom C. B. McLeish, and Giles E. M. Gasper: Aristotle in On the Liberal Arts: An Exploration of Possibilities
8: Giles E. M. Gasper, Nicola Polloni, Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Anne Lawrence Mathers, and Nader El-Bizri: The Use of the Stars: Alchemy, Plants, and Medicine
Part 2: On the Generation of Sounds
9: Giles E. M. Gasper: Sounding a Sonativum: On the Generation of Sounds in Historical Context
10: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn: On the Generation of Sounds: Manuscripts
11: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Giles E. M. Gasper, Cecilia Panti, and Neil Lewis: On the Generation of Sounds: Translation, Historiography, and Synopsis
Translated by Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn: Latin Edition and English Translation of On the Generation of Sounds
12: Giles E. M. Gasper and Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn: A Question of the Soul: Augustine, Alfred of Sareshel and John Blund
13: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn and Giles E. M. Gasper: Aristotle, Priscian, and Isidore
14: Tom C. B. McLeish, Clive Siviour, and Hannah E. Smithson: Sound, Movement and the Sonativum
15: Joshua S. Harvey, Rebekah C. White, Hannah E. Smithson, Tom C. B. McLeish, David M. Howard, and John Coleman: Instrumental Motions: Shaping and Perceiving Speech Sounds
16: Cecilia Panti: Sound, Light and Cosmic Music: Grosseteste's Commentary on Posterior Analytics and the pseudo-Grossetestian Glosses to Boethius
Part 3: The Seven Liberal Arts
17: David Thomson, Giles E. M. Gasper, and Luigi Campi: A Middle English Grosseteste: The Seven Liberal Arts
Translated by Margaret Healy-Varley and David Thomson: Middle English Edition and Modern English Translation of the Seven Liberal Arts
18: David Thomson and Brian K. Tanner: The Seven Liberal Arts: Commentary and Analysis
Giles E. M. Gasper, Tom C. B. McLeish, Cecilia Panti, and Hannah E. Smithson: Concluding Reflections
Bibliography
Indices
List of Boxes
List of Tables
Abbreviations
List of contributors
Giles E. M. Gasper, Cecilia Panti, Tom C. B. McLeish, and Hannah E. Smithson: Introduction
Part 1: On the Liberal Arts
1: Giles E. M. Gasper: On the Liberal Arts and its Historical Context
2: Giles E. M. Gasper, Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Nicola Polloni, Neil Lewis, and Jack P. Cunningham: The Liberal Arts: Inheritances and Conceptual Frameworks
3: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Giles E. M. Gasper, Cecilia Panti, and Neil Lewis: On the Liberal Arts: Manuscripts
4: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Giles E. M. Gasper, Cecilia Panti, and Neil Lewis: On the Liberal Arts: Translation, Historiography, and Synopsis
Translated by Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn: Latin Edition and English Translation of On the Liberal Arts
5: Neil Lewis: The Trivium
6: Cecilia Panti: The Quadrivium and the Discipline of Music
7: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Tom C. B. McLeish, and Giles E. M. Gasper: Aristotle in On the Liberal Arts: An Exploration of Possibilities
8: Giles E. M. Gasper, Nicola Polloni, Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Anne Lawrence Mathers, and Nader El-Bizri: The Use of the Stars: Alchemy, Plants, and Medicine
Part 2: On the Generation of Sounds
9: Giles E. M. Gasper: Sounding a Sonativum: On the Generation of Sounds in Historical Context
10: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn: On the Generation of Sounds: Manuscripts
11: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn, Giles E. M. Gasper, Cecilia Panti, and Neil Lewis: On the Generation of Sounds: Translation, Historiography, and Synopsis
Translated by Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn: Latin Edition and English Translation of On the Generation of Sounds
12: Giles E. M. Gasper and Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn: A Question of the Soul: Augustine, Alfred of Sareshel and John Blund
13: Sigbjorn O. Sonnesyn and Giles E. M. Gasper: Aristotle, Priscian, and Isidore
14: Tom C. B. McLeish, Clive Siviour, and Hannah E. Smithson: Sound, Movement and the Sonativum
15: Joshua S. Harvey, Rebekah C. White, Hannah E. Smithson, Tom C. B. McLeish, David M. Howard, and John Coleman: Instrumental Motions: Shaping and Perceiving Speech Sounds
16: Cecilia Panti: Sound, Light and Cosmic Music: Grosseteste's Commentary on Posterior Analytics and the pseudo-Grossetestian Glosses to Boethius
Part 3: The Seven Liberal Arts
17: David Thomson, Giles E. M. Gasper, and Luigi Campi: A Middle English Grosseteste: The Seven Liberal Arts
Translated by Margaret Healy-Varley and David Thomson: Middle English Edition and Modern English Translation of the Seven Liberal Arts
18: David Thomson and Brian K. Tanner: The Seven Liberal Arts: Commentary and Analysis
Giles E. M. Gasper, Tom C. B. McLeish, Cecilia Panti, and Hannah E. Smithson: Concluding Reflections
Bibliography
Indices