The Symmetrical Patterning in Franciscan Writings of the Late Middle Ages
| Author: | Treanor, Lucia | |
| Year: | 2011 | |
| Pages: | 272 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-2535-7 978-0-7734-2535-4 | |
| Price: | $199.95 + shipping | |
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A study of palindromic structures (words or phrases that can be read the same way forwards and backwards) in the works of Bonaventure, Dante, Boccaccio, and the Franciscan writers of the late Middle Ages. Provides the conceptual basis for the use of the palindrome while demonstrating that palindrome was not just an ornamental style of writing, but also a reflection of humanity’s perception of the world. Significant attention has been paid to Franciscan theology as it relates to human endeavors and God’s creation.
Reviews
“The hidden palindromic structures that Sr. Lucia reveals within the Franciscan texts are analogous to those traces of the divine that may be perceived in the world.” – Prof. Benjamin G. Lockerd Grand Valley State University
“In short, this monograph, a full-length study of the palindrome in any language, strikes me as essential work, a significant achievement by any standard, and I am glad to endorse it without the slightest reservation.” – Prof. Giuseppe Mazzotta Yale University
“… a complete study of palindromic structures, brings an inner structure that allows the reader to understand not only the rhetorical complexity of Medieval writing.” – Prof. Santa Casciani John Carroll University
“In short, this monograph, a full-length study of the palindrome in any language, strikes me as essential work, a significant achievement by any standard, and I am glad to endorse it without the slightest reservation.” – Prof. Giuseppe Mazzotta Yale University
“… a complete study of palindromic structures, brings an inner structure that allows the reader to understand not only the rhetorical complexity of Medieval writing.” – Prof. Santa Casciani John Carroll University
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter I: Francis and Early Franciscan Writings
Francis
The Vita prima
The Vita sancti Francisci versificata
“The Canticle of Creatures”
Chapter II: Bonaventure and Hugh of St. Victor
Bonaventure
Itinerarium mentis in Deum
De arca Noe morali et mystica
Chapter III: Aquinas, Albertus and de Lira
Summa theologiae
Adoro devote
Super Dionysium de ecclesiastica hierarchia
After Bonaventure and Aquinas
Nicolas de Lira
Chapter IV: Dante, Klement and the Greeks
Epistola
Comedia
Anagogy
Protreptikos pros Ellenas
Antilogic
Protreptikos pros Ellenas and Stromata
Plato’s Parmenides and Aristotle’s Physica
Protreptikos pros Ellenas
Chapter V: Dante’s Antilogic
The End and the Beginning
The Palindrome of Persons
The Mate to the Palindrome of Persons
Wings and Quarterfolds
Paradiso XI-XII
Chapter VI: Boccaccio’s Decameron
Genealogiae deorum gentilium
The Decameron
Gianni and Restituta
The Structure of the Tale
Frate Cipolla
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter I: Francis and Early Franciscan Writings
Francis
The Vita prima
The Vita sancti Francisci versificata
“The Canticle of Creatures”
Chapter II: Bonaventure and Hugh of St. Victor
Bonaventure
Itinerarium mentis in Deum
De arca Noe morali et mystica
Chapter III: Aquinas, Albertus and de Lira
Summa theologiae
Adoro devote
Super Dionysium de ecclesiastica hierarchia
After Bonaventure and Aquinas
Nicolas de Lira
Chapter IV: Dante, Klement and the Greeks
Epistola
Comedia
Anagogy
Protreptikos pros Ellenas
Antilogic
Protreptikos pros Ellenas and Stromata
Plato’s Parmenides and Aristotle’s Physica
Protreptikos pros Ellenas
Chapter V: Dante’s Antilogic
The End and the Beginning
The Palindrome of Persons
The Mate to the Palindrome of Persons
Wings and Quarterfolds
Paradiso XI-XII
Chapter VI: Boccaccio’s Decameron
Genealogiae deorum gentilium
The Decameron
Gianni and Restituta
The Structure of the Tale
Frate Cipolla
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index