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A contribution to the study of a scarcely known atín translation: The Life of John the Almsgiver [BHL 4392]
Olga SOLEDAD BOHDZIEWICZ
Original title: Una contribución al estudio de una traducción latina poco conocida: la Vida de Juan el Lismonero [BHL 4392]
Published in The Medieval Aesthetics
Keywords: John the Almsgiver, Latin hagiography, Leontius of Neapolis, Re-writing, Translation.
Paris, BNF, Lat. 3820, copied during 14th century, is a liturgical manuscript, an homiliary-legendary, written for its use at the cathedral of St. Trophime in Arles. There the life of John the Almsgiver stands, as it is usual for byzantine martyrologies, in No-vember. The text appears to be a “re-adaptation” of the hagiography written by Leon-tius of Neapolis rather than a proper translation of it, for a selection of its chapters gets a new organization in order to fit the pattern of a more conventional vita. The purpose of this paper is to make a first approach to analyse this scarcely studied text by considering its translation and rewriting techniques.
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On beauty and love in the transition from paganism to Christianity
Humberto Schubert COELHO
Original title: Sobre a beleza e o amor na transição do paganismo ao Cristianismo
Published in The Medieval Aesthetics
Keywords: Augustine, Beauty, Love, Plato, Plotinus.
While Plato is considered an absolute grounding for aesthetics, invaluable contributions to the concept of beauty were offered by the Christian thought. Although the underestimation of such contribution as a mere reflex of Platonism is not sustainable, it is undeniable that substantial part of platonic ideas on beauty and the role of love in the connection between consciousness and the supreme transcendent metaphysics of the source of being, which is identified with the beauty, exerts the most powerful influence on the Christian conception. The aesthetics in Antiquity, thus, consists in a dialogue between the beautiful Greek form and the Christian sentiment on the light of platonic idealism. Therefore, in order to understand the introspection and sublimation of Christian aesthetics the study of the delicate transition between cultural, religious and philosophical realms, and how this transition intensifies the emphasis on the role of love in the aesthetical economy, is mandatory.
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Religious Dialogue and Dialogicity in Middle Ages: an analysis of three cases
Natalia JAKUBECKI
Original title: Diálogo religioso y dialogicidad en la Edad Media: análisis de tres casos
Published in The Medieval Aesthetics
Keywords: Dialogicity, Dialogues, Gilbert Crispin, Odo of Cambrai, Peter Alfonsi.
This paper aims to analyse the dialogical reaches of three literary dialogues written in the heart of Latin Christianity between the end of the 11th century and the beginning of the 12th century, whose exceptionality lies in the fact that they were originated by real circumstances. They are the Disputatio against Iudaeum Leonem Nomine, by Odo of Cambrai, the Disputatio inter Iudaei et Christianum, by Gilbert Crispin, and the Dialogus against Iudaeos, by Peter Alfonsi. The analysis hopes not only to throw some light on these dialogues but also to offer a model to analyse the remaining dialogues of this type, thus contributing to the reflection on this textual form so dear to the Middle Ages.
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A controversial written by Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1242-1311)
Noeli Dutra ROSSATTO
Original title: Um escrito polêmico de Arnaldo de Vilanova (1242-1311)
Published in The Medieval Aesthetics
Keywords: Arnold of Vilanova, Crown of Aragon, Franciscans, Joachim of Fiore, Middle Ages.
I present to the reader the translation of the text De gladius iugulans thomatistas (The sword that slaughters the thomatists) of the Catalan philosopher, doctor and alchemist Arnold of Vilanova (1242-1311). The text teaches the tension between the ideas of the Spiritual Franciscans of the Late Middle Ages, usually linked to the thought of the Calabrian Abbot Joachim of Fiore (12th century) and the scholasticism of the Dominicans. From the contact of Arnold of Vilanova with the Aragonese Court, we have the link between three important themes for the current studies of the presence of medieval political ideas in Latin-American colonial: the Feasts of the Empire of the Divine of Luso-Brazilian tradition, the Franciscans and the Joachimites. In terms of content, the translated text summarizes the main topics covered in the works of the Catalan philosopher, including: the figurative interpretation of writing and its application to the reading of history, evangelical poverty in Franciscan discussion of using poverty (usus pauper) and the biblical prophecies about the end of time and the coming of the Antichrist.
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Dante (c. 1265-1321) and the Musical Aesthetics of the Divine Comedy
Gustavo Cambraia FRANCO
Original title: Dante (c. 1265-1321) e a Estética Musical da Divina Comédia
Published in The Medieval Aesthetics
Keywords: Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Medieval Aesthetics, Music, Poliphony.
The present article aims to analyze the figurative-musical aesthetics elaborated by the poet Dante Alighieri in the Divine Comedy, through the use of musical concepts, contemporary to the author, of monodia gregoriana and choral polyphony. The aim is to demonstrate how Dantian musical theory is applied in the Commedia using an imagetic and instrumental musical repertoire and a specific set of lexical and poetic expressions, whose function is to express, in a comprehensible way to the reader and interpreter, the sonorous dissonance, disharmony and the antimusical cacophony of Hell, the nature of the sacred, monodic Gregorian chant of Purgatory, and the symphonic and polyphonic musical nature of Paradise.
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Representations and symbols from East to West: rebirth of Phoenix
Maria Leonor García da CRUZ
Original title: Representações e símbolos de Oriente a Ocidente: o renascimento da Fênix
Published in The Medieval Aesthetics
Keywords: Eternity, Myth, Phoenix, Rebirth, Symbology.
Passing over vast times and spaces, the symbology of the Phoenix is found in legends from China, India and Persia, varying in details, constructing a myth that the West inherited from Egypt and which it helps to consolidate in classical, mediaeval and modern times with projections even in our modern times. Is the only thing the European Phoenix has in common with the Chinese Phoenix, i.e. Feng-Huang the mythical creation related to inheritances of mankind and a collective unconscious, deposit of images and symbols (Jung)? A comparison of details jointly emphasises its spiritual energy, from rare beauty to divine virtue, from sanctification and purity to eternal love, to prosperity and good governance, from singularity and excellence to rebirth and eternity.
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Mozart’s (1756-1791) Violin and Piano Sonata in E Minor K304: thematic and formal relations of the Schemata
Aline Mendonça PEREIRA; Ernesto HARTMANN
Original title: A Sonata para Violino e Piano K304 em Mi Menor de Mozart (1756-1791): relações temáticas e formais das Schemata
Published in The Medieval Aesthetics
Keywords: Galant Style, Schemata, Sonata, Violin and Piano Sonata in E Minor K304, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
This paper analyses the relations between form and Schemata in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s E Minor Violin Sonata K304 (1778). Since this work is the composer’s sole composition in this genre in minor mode and has been attributed with remarkable expressive features once it was conceived during his travel to Mannheim, Munich and Paris – travel that coincide with his mother death – it’s compositional strategies and process are of particular interest. For this reason, through an approach via the Musical Schema concept, we seek to establish logical relations between the composer’s choice for Schemata disposition, form and unity in the work. We conclude that the either reiteration of internal variation process (especially increasing chromatism) in the Schema as the sharing of a set of Schemata on both movements of the work not only support the motivical but also the textural and aural unity, displaying aspects yet not much explored in the compositional process of this First Vienna School master.
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Medieval History in Brazil and in Maranhão in Perspective: Teaching and Research
Adriana ZIERER; Solange Pereira OLIVEIRA
Original title: A História Medieval no Brasil e no Maranhão em perspectiva: ensino e pesquisa
Published in The Medieval Aesthetics
Keywords: 21st century, Annales, Medieval History, School and University, Society, Teaching and Research.
The studies of Medieval History have been consolidating in Maranhão with the expansion of the productions directed to the teaching and academic research in this historiographic field. In this article we present a general approach on the substantial advances of works related to this historical period in the State, seeking to underline the relevance of possible ways for the teaching and research of the Middle Ages in the context of the belief and imaginary of local culture in Maranhão.
