Skip to main content

Home

Mirabilia - Journal of Antiquity, Middle & Modern Ages

  • Home
  • Issues
  • About
  • Send article
  • Contact
  • Editorial Policies
  • Publication Ethics
  • Peer Review Guidelines and Form

Section

  • Mirabilia/MedTrans

Archive

  • Mirabilia/Ars
  • Mirabilia/Medicinæ

Ricardo da COSTA (org.)

Mirabilia Journal 32 (2021/1)

Mirabilia Journal 

-Index-

Presentation 

Presentation

Ricardo da COSTA

Original title: Presentación

Articles 

The Symbolic and Moral Interpretation of the Hippocratic Oath

Hélio Angotti-Neto

Original title: A Interpretação Simbólica e Moral do Juramento Hipocrático

Keywords: Aristotle, Hippocrates, Hippocratic Oath, History of Medicine, Medical Humanities.

The Hippocratic Oath remains as one of the most famous ethical texts in Medical Ethics and Bioethics. The objective of this essay is to clarify its poetic and symbolic interpretations, searching for the adequate comprehension of the Oath using a critical narrative approach with the Aristotelian Theory of the Four Discourses and the interpretation of its direct, indirect, specific and general moral prescriptions. The Oath is a poetic text, which can be used to cause a powerful impression upon the new physician, helping in his moral education and in his commitment with the moral community of Medicine. This analysis makes evident that the Hippocratic Oath still can be used for medical education and professional inspiration, rather than just be discarded as a historical curiosity. The conclusion is that the Oath can be approached more properly with specific literary and philosophical tools that can decode its meanings to better comprehension for the contemporary physician.

The epektasis [ἐπέκτασις] and the exploits of the soul (ἡ ψυχή) in Gregory of Nyssa’s De anima et resurrectione

Elena Ene D-VASILESCU

Keywords: Gregory of Nyssa, Macrina, On the Soul and the Resurrection, Progress (epektasis), Resurrection.

The paper refers to a notion central to Gregory of Nyssa’s theology – that of epektasis (ἐπέkτασις), i.e. progression of the soul (ἡ ψυχή) towards its Creator, as presented in the dialogue De anima et resurrectione/On the Soul and the Resurrection. he conversation between Nyssen and his sister Macrina, employing concepts peculiar to the most advanced science of their time, emphasizes that in the afterlife the soul does not leave the body (and neither does human memory). The interesting consequences of this state of affairs for both the resurrection of people and that of Jesus Christ are also discussed.

The knowledge of the Medicine in the writings of Basil of Caesarea

Eirini ARTEMI

Keywords: Basil of Casarea, Christianity, Diseases, Medicine.

The medicine is a gift of God to people. Basil insisted that monks and many other people should use it in their daily life, because is quite useful for the flourishing of human life. He is well acquainted with the field of medicine, so that some of his references to medical problems or treatments are so close to today's descriptions of medical textbooks. In his commentary on the prophet Isaiah, he refers to definitions of surgery, bruise, wound. He underlines the medical problems of pregnancy and ophthalmological diseases. Did Basil consider medicine better than the grace of God? Can his teaching about the medicine persuade Christians of this era to trust doctors instead of miracles? Can his teaching and his general attitude to the pandemic diseases of the fourth century be an example for people and doctors to face the medical problems as they should be? Are there boarders between faith and medicine?

Abacus Schools. The invention of a language

Giovanni PATRIARCA

Original title: Escuelas de ábaco. La invención de un lenguaje

Keywords: Abacus Schools, Accounting, Economic History, History of Education, History of Mathematics, Linguistic Evolution.

Abacus schools are fundamental for mathematical, geometric and economic literacy as well as for the scientific development of these disciplines with their own sectorial language and style. The Abacus treatises constitute the basis of a solid administrative, accounting and commercial training. In a fruitful exchange with all expressions of society, they become the main engine for the consolidation of a new linguistic koiné.

Is there a great cosmic wheel hidden in the tympanum of Moissac Abbey?

Cécile M. FOSSOUL; Dominique J. PERSOONS

Original title: ¿Hay una gran rueda cósmica escondida en el tímpano de la Abadía de Moissac?

Keywords: Cosmic, Invisible image, Moissac, Tympanum, Wheel.

The tympanum of the Abbey of Moissac, which belonged to the Cistercian order, known for its austerity, presents a strange iconography: Christ in Glory is surrounded by the four evangelists who adopt paradoxical positions, and a kind of laxity that seems at first glance incomprehensible. Also, the two angels keep their hands in the air for no apparent reason. When arranged symmetrically, Romanesque angels generally hold the halo of Christ. However, in Moissac those angels seem to be “paralyzed”. Does the tympanum contain a hidden iconography? Could the 12th century Christianity transmitted secret images? Today, this question could have been answered through the use of graphic design software.

Beauty and Ugliness as Aesthetics Aspects in Medieval Music: Order in Disorder

Antonio Celso RIBEIRO

Original title: Beleza e Feiura como aspectos estéticos na Música Medieval: a Ordem na Desordem

Keywords: Beauty, Disorder, Medieval Music, Order, Treatises, Troubadours, Ugliness.

Through a brief examination of anonymous music treatise La Doctrina de Compondre Dictatz, this work intends to expose some aesthetic aspects of the medieval songbook, confronting its main genres and making some considerations about beauty and ugliness in the songs of troubadours.

Soissons: the stone builds the Marian faith (The Cantiga 53 of Cantigas de Santa Maria by Afonso X)

Bárbara DANTAS

Original title: Soissons: a pedra edifica a fé mariana (a Cantiga 53 das Cantigas de Santa Maria de Afonso X)

Keywords: Alfonso X, Cantigas de Santa María, Middle Ages, Soissons Cathedral.

Alfonso X, sovereign of the peninsular kingdoms of León and Castilla, honored the fame of the kings of the medieval West of the 13th century and dedicated much of his time and money to promoting the arts, sciences and Marian cult. One of the ways to unite all these initiatives was the creation of the Cantigas de Santa María, a set of hundreds of stories of miracles and praises to the Virgin Mary, in which another hundred full-page illuminations are recorded. This work will focus on Cantiga 53 and aims to show the technical development implemented by gothic architects, as well as the syncretism between the French and peninsular kingdoms with regard to cathedral architecture, for the example of Soissons Cathedral.

Sodomites before the Inquisition

Rocío RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZ

Original title: Los sodomitas ante la Inquisición

Keywords: Inquisition, Sodomy, Spain.

Sodomy in the kingdoms of Spain was punishable by burning, according to civil laws. Only in the Crown of Aragon did the Inquisition in the courts of Barcelona, Valencia and Zaragoza. Those guilty of heinous sin were tortured, burned at the stake, publicly flogged, sent to galleys, or exiled. Many tried to get rid of these punishments by presenting the most diverse and incredible excuses.

The victorious life and the disenchanted end of the great Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great and the novelesque knight Tirant lo Blanc

Anastasia TERZOPOULOU

Original title: La vida victoriosa y el final desencantado del gran conquistador macedonio Alejandro Magno y del caballero novelesco Tirant lo Blanc

Keywords: Ambition, Conquests, Death, Feats, Fortune, Testament.

The aim of this article is not to analyze the details of the life of Tirant lo Blanc, a literary figure from the Valencian Golden Age, and Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, a real historical person of Ancient Greece; but to expose the common features that life presents and, above all, the early, bitter and unexpected end of two great warriors and military strategists.

Iconographic analysis of the façade of the Nuestra Señora de Loreto Temple, in Molango, Hidalgo

Carmen Fabiola MORENO VIDAL

Original title: Análisis Iconográfico de la Portada del Templo Nuestra Señora de Loreto, en Molango, Hidalgo

Keywords: Corn, Façade, Glyph, Maguey, Molango, Nahui-Ōlin, Pumpkin.

The façade of the temple of Nuestra Señora de Loreto belongs to the Plateresque style as it presents elements of Romanesque, Gothic art such as the rose window and Mudejar such as the alfiz. But the most outstanding thing that includes the substance of this work is the use, in a somewhat veiled way, of pre-Hispanic elements, figures and symbols distributed throughout the cover as decoration, from the bases of columns and jambs, with glyphs of the corn, stars and agave, passing through shafts with pumpkin plants, the capitals with representations of the Mexica sky, reaching the cross, an element common in form and meaning to both cultures and ending in the rose window, an element that represents the cosmos whose cosmic meaning it is reinforced with the pre-Hispanic symbols of the movement of the stars such as the Ōlin and Nahui-Ōlin.

Building the city: the role of women in late medieval construction

Marta REDONDO DE FUENMAYOR

Original title: Construyendo la ciudad: el rol femenino en la edilicia bajomedieval

Keywords: Architecture, Construction, Jobs on the construction site, Late Middle Ages, Women, Workshops.

Transgressors or submissive to established norms, women have been active subjects of architectural practice throughout history. This was the case in the Middle Ages, with its well-known patriarchal societies, where a clear hierarchy of the public, dominated by men, over the private, the place of women, was evident. Thus, it seems unthinkable to some that a percentage of the hands that built the great medieval buildings belonged to the gender relegated to the intimacy of the home. But nothing could be further from the truth: historical experiences show that medieval construction was a phenomenon of shared jurisdiction. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to make visible the role of women as construction workers. The starting point will be a bibliographical review, which reveals the dispersion, scarcity, and limited visibility that this subject has had in traditional historiography. On this basis, we will analyse the regulatory documents, builindg logs, statutes of professional guilds and municipal ordinances, as primary sources that have facilitated the understanding of the role of women within the social hierarchies established in the late medieval period. Subsequently, a general overview will be given of the activities carried out in the construction process, both the tasks on site and those carried out in trades and workshops. The starting point for this is the analysis of graphic and written sources. The images that accompany this chapter, unusually considered when dealing with the subject, support the documentation and become a magnificent exponent of the visual culture of the Middle Ages. Finally, the female stipend in construction work will be analysed, making it possible to ascertain the place of women in the late medieval building industry.

Reviews 

BUTIÑÁ, Julia (ed.). Libro de la Orden de Caballería de Ramón Llull. Traducido de la lengua catalana según la Edición de 1901 de la Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona. Madrid, Centro de Lingüística Aplicada Atenea, 2015, 111 pp.

Sònia GROS LLADÓS

González Rolán, Tomás, y Antonio López Fonseca. Alfonso Fernández de Madrigal, El Tostado. Breuiloquium de amore et amicitia / Tratado de amor y amiçiçia. I De amore. Estudio y edición crítica bilingüe de los textos latino y romance.

Antonio CORTIJO OCAÑA

Indexed by

Mirabilia on ERIH PLUS
Journal of Scholar Metrics logo Medievalismo.org Modern Language Association
Dulcinea logo MIAR logo Indexed articles on Google Scholar Dialnet (Difusión de Alertas en la Red) InterClassica - Investigación y Difusión del Mundo Griego y Romano Antiguo Latindex Regesta Imperii BIBP - Base d'Information Bibliographique en Patristique AHLM - Asociación Hispánica de Literatura Medieval University of California, Berkeley CUNY - The City University of New York Diarium GrinUGR - co-laboratorio sobre cultura digital en ciencias sociales y humanidades Cambridge Journals Mètode Rebiun - Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias Stadt Regensburg Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin UC Santa Barbara Universidad de San Andrés Associazione italiana di studi catalani : AISC THE BRITISH LIBRARY - The world's knowledge Brepols Publishers Die Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Aktuelles aus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek CBUC - Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Catalunya A world top 100 University - Durham University Haverford College Institut d'Estudis Catalans: l'acadèmia catalana de les ciències i les humanitats University of Leeds Wissensportal ETH-Bibliothek RACO - Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert The Medieval Academy of America Qüern - Bibliographical Bulletin of Catalan Language and Literature of Mediaeval and Modern Ages Medievalists.net - Where the Middle Ages Begin Memorial University SLUB Dresden Staatsbibliothek Bamberg: Startseite UniFI - Corso di Laurea Triennale in Storia ORB - The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies Technische Informationsbibliothek und Universitätsbibliothek Hannover Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main Universidad de los Andes - Colombia Universität Hamburg Universität Regensburg UPR-RP The University of Tennessee at Martin Einrichtungen der Hochschule Darmstadt - Bibliothek- Hochschule Darmstadt Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (ULB) Bibliothek der Hochschule Osnabrück: Bibliothek Universitätsbibliothek @ TU Braunschweig Universität Vechta - Niedersachsen - University of Vechta - Germany: Bibliothek Bibliotheken - EKHN | Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau GEI: Home Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek - Leibniz HsH - Bibliothek - Bibliothek im Kurt-Schwitters-Forum Herder-Institut: Startseite The University of Tennessee at Martin Hochschule Merseburg: Hochschulbibliothek Hochschule RheinMain IEG - Leibniz Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz Leuphana Universität Lüneburg: Bibliothek  Herzlich Willkommen auf der Homepage der Bibliothek Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg - Startseite Bibliothekssystem Universität Hamburg : Portrait Aktuelles aus der Hochschulbibliothek ThULB Jena - Thüringer Universitäts und Landesbibliothek UNIVERSITÄTSBIBLIOTHEK: Direktlinks Literaturrecherche Universitätsbibliothek Universitätsbibliothek Rostock - Home Startseite – Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt – Technische Universität Darmstadt Welcome to Justus Liebig University Giessen! — Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald - Bibliothek Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | Startseite Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg - Universität Regensburg IEG - Leibniz Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz Startseite - Philipps-Universität Marburg - Universitätsbibliothek Bibliothek der Hochschule Osnabrück: Bibliothek Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: Universitätsbibliothek IEG - Leibniz Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz Startseite : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz
Ivitra - Institut Virtual Internacional de Traducción

ISSN 1676-5818

© 2000 Mirabilia Journal.

All rights reserved.

Web design by Felipe Lube de Bragança.