Paperback, 183 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:74 col., 2 tables b/w., Language: French. ISBN 9782503600826. Summary Compos vers 1210 par Guillaume, un clerc la c originaire de Normandie et habitant l'Angleterre, le Bestiaire divin est la traduction versifi e du texte de la premi re famille du Bestiaire latin augment de sermons emprunt s d'autres sources et de d veloppements de l'auteur. Il comprend g n ralement trente-neuf chapitres pr c d s d'une pr face et d'un prologue. Chaque chapitre est consacr un animal dont les caract ristiques sont d crites puis interpr t es comme autant d'all gories morales et mystiques. Les manuscrits du Bestiaire sont souvent accompagn s des repr sentations des animaux dont ils traitent. Ces enluminures jouent un r le important en clairant le sens de ces ouvrages, comme supports iconographiques permettant de d passer l'apparence des animaux, leur sens litt ral, pour en saisir la dimension all gorique. D di un seigneur la c, le Bestiaire divin t moigne du passage d'un texte relevant initialement d'une litt rature didactique destin e aux coles monastiques et capitulaires, dans la sph re de la litt rature courtoise d' dification. Par sa traduction vernaculaire, le Bestiaire, initialement con u pour faciliter l'ex g se biblique, devient un ouvrage d' dification morale vocation par n tique accessible un lectorat la c. Le Bestiaire divin nous a t transmis par vingt-cinq t moins, dont la moiti sont enlumin s mais le manuscrit de Paris, BnF, fran ais 14969, enlumin dans le sud de l'Angleterre vers 1265-1270, est un des rares qui comprend l'illustration des interpr tations all goriques des animaux. 0 g. Seller Inventory # 64558

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Title: iconographie du Bestiaire divin de Guillaume...

Publisher: Brepols 2022

Binding: Soft cover

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