Die Polygraphia des Johannes Trithemius nach der handschriftlichen Fassung (Band 2)
Edition, Übersetzung und Kommentar
Seiten
2022
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-50774-6 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-50774-6 (ISBN)
This book presents the first edition of Trithemius’ major crytographical work with a commentary which clarifies the obscure allusions in the theoretical parts and sheds light onto the learned abbot’s broad scholarship and knowledge of antique and medieval treatises.
Volume 2 of the two-volume set MITS 56: In 1508, Johannes Trithemius, the Black Abbot, dedicated his Polygraphia, a treatise on writing in ciphers, to Emperor Maximilian I, personally handing over an elaborate autograph. Unlike the editio princeps, which was to be printed a decade later, the manuscript retains the arcane and mysterious tone of the bibliophile scholar’s earlier works on the subject. This book offers the first critical edition and translation of this first version, together with an extensive commentary illuminating the numerous obscure allusions, the impressive literary knowledge of its author, and the genesis of the mechanisms discussed.
Volume 2 of the two-volume set MITS 56: In 1508, Johannes Trithemius, the Black Abbot, dedicated his Polygraphia, a treatise on writing in ciphers, to Emperor Maximilian I, personally handing over an elaborate autograph. Unlike the editio princeps, which was to be printed a decade later, the manuscript retains the arcane and mysterious tone of the bibliophile scholar’s earlier works on the subject. This book offers the first critical edition and translation of this first version, together with an extensive commentary illuminating the numerous obscure allusions, the impressive literary knowledge of its author, and the genesis of the mechanisms discussed.
Maximilian Gamer, Ph.D. (2021), studied History and Medieval and Neo-Latin in Heidelberg and Zurich and was research assistant to the Chair of Medieval and Neo-Latin at the University of Zurich.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.04.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; 56/2 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | deutsch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 983 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-50774-4 / 9004507744 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-50774-6 / 9789004507746 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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