Theophilus Matters: The Thorny Question of the Authorship of the ‘Schedula diversarum artium’

Kroustallis, Stefanos

doi:10.1515/9783110334821.52

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…As the author explains in the preface, he wishes to dedicate his accomplishment and skills to God; uninterested in achieving fame on earth, he signs his work with the pseudonym 'Theophilus, humilis presbyter', i.e. Teophilus, humble priest (Tosatti 2000a;Kroustallis 2014). He has been identified as the Benedictine monk and goldsmith Roger of Helmarshausen since in the prologue of the oldest extant copy of the De diversis artibus (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien, MS. 2527), dated from the early twelfth century, the signature reads 'Theophilus qui et [sic] Rugerus'.…”

Section: Recipe Books and Practical Treatisesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wall paintings through the ages: the medieval period (Italy, twelfth to fifteenth century)

Мурат

2021

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper is devoted to wall painting in the Middle Ages (ca. late fifth to early fifteenth centuries), with a focus on twelfth to fifteenth century Italy. It is conceived as a critical conflation of diverse methodologies, approaches and research tools, with the aim of investigating the topic from different and complementary perspectives. Historical textual sources provide the interpretive framework for the examination, which is conducted on specific, yet interrelated aspects. Special attention is paid to technical features, including the methods and materials used to produce wall paintings. Data from scientific investigations are incorporated into the discussion with the purpose of elucidating theoretical conceptualizations with material pieces of evidence. A number of selected case studies is presented within the text in order to keep the focus of analysis on the materiality of the paintings, hence avoiding the formulation of abstract concepts in favour of more pragmatic approaches.

show abstract

Section: Recipe Books and Practical Treatisesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wall paintings through the ages: the medieval period (Italy, twelfth to fifteenth century)

Мурат

2021

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Il lavoro nella letteratura medioevale di tecniche dell’arte

Baroni

2024

Idee Di Lavoro E Di Ozio Per La Nostra Civiltà

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This contribution aims to enunciate different conceptions regarding the work in the treatises on techniques of the arts during the Middle Ages. On the one hand, theocentric texts related to two conceptions of different religious origins (Theophilus and the Jewish Kabbalah), propose that the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden entails mortality and imperfection, but due to the emanation of the divine will, man is allowed to participate in the intelligence of the Creator. In other works, however, the awareness of work emerges as a form of active knowledge that allows one to transform and win, to dominate nature by becoming aware and master of its secrets. Largely transmitted through Hellenistic alchemy, this is a vein of an anthropocentric matrix that is a legacy of the ancient world.

show abstract

Theophilus Matters: The Thorny Question of the Authorship of the ‘Schedula diversarum artium’

Cited by 2 publications

References 0 publications

Wall paintings through the ages: the medieval period (Italy, twelfth to fifteenth century)

Wall paintings through the ages: the medieval period (Italy, twelfth to fifteenth century)

Il lavoro nella letteratura medioevale di tecniche dell’arte

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About