Search for dissertations about: "Liber"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word Liber.

2. 1. Liber iuratus Honorii : a critical edition of the Latin version of the Sworn book of Honorius

   Author : Gösta Hedegård; William Newman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; the Sworn Book of Honorius; Liber iuratus Honorii; Liber sacer; Liber sacratus; Solomon; pseudo-Solomonic texts; Ars Notoria; the Notory Art; Flores aurei Apollonii; ritual magic; ceremonial magic; mediaeval magic; theurgy; magic seals; the Seal of Solomon; Christian Kabbalah; divine names; angels; spirits; demons; Latin; latin;

   Abstract : The Liber iuratus Honorii, or the Sworn Book of Honorius, as it is often called, has been the focus of a steadily growing interest ever since the occult revival in the late 19th century. This exponent of pseudo-Solomonic magic has been mentioned from time to time in the literature on magic up to the present day. READ MORE

4. 2. In search of Dionysos. Reassessing a Dionysian context in early Rome

   Author : Carina Håkansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Dionysos; Dionysus; Roman religion; Archaic religion; paradigm shift; satyrs; liminality; iconography; ritual; cult; performance; Fufluns; Liber; Bacchus; oral tradition; antefix; small finds; intercontextual;

   Abstract : In the present study the possibility of an early appearance of the god Dionysos and his sphere in archaic Rome, in the decades around 500 BC, will be examined. In early scholarship, rooted in the 19th century, the phenomenon of Dionysian ecstatic rites, cults, and satyr-plays in Roman society was denied. READ MORE

5. 3. De musica liber VI / Aurelius Augustinus : A critical edition with a translation and an introduction

   Author : Martin Jacobsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Augustine of Hippo; Late Antique philosophy and theology; artes liberales; De musica; numeri rhythms ; relation between body and soul; sense perception; unitas; the ordering of the universe; contemplation of God; Deus creator omnium; Latin; latin;

   Abstract : Around the time of his famous conversion in 386, Augustine planned to dedicate a treatise to each of the artes liberales. However, he finished only a work on grammar and the first part of the De musica (books I-VI), which deals with rhythmus\the second part, which was to treat melos, was never written, since Augustine became occupied with his ecclesiastical career. READ MORE

6. 4. Gilbertus Universalis: Glossa ordinaria in Lamentationes Ieremie prophete. Prothemata et Liber I. : A Critical Edition with an Introduction and a Translation

   Author : Alexander Andrée; Gunilla Iversen; Rainer Berndt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gilbert the Universal; Glossa ordinaria; Biblical exegesis; Old Testament; Lamentations; Cicero; rhetoric; loci rhetorici; the school of Laon; the Renaissance of the twelfth century; Paschasius Radbertus; editorial technique; Latin language; Latin;

   Abstract : The Glossa ordinaria on the Bible stands as one of the prime achievements of the period in western intellectual history known as the Renaissance of the twelfth century. In spite of the great number of still extant manuscripts very little is known about the circumstances around its composition. READ MORE

7. 5. Esculapius’ De stomacho : Edited with an Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

   Author : Maria Fredriksson; Birger Bergh; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical philology - general; Esculapius; Aurelius; Caelius Aurelianus; Paulus Nicaeus; ancient medicine; medical Latin; Vulgar Latin; diplomatic-interpretative edition; Klassiska språk - allmänt; Classical philology; Klassiska språk; latin; Latin;

   Abstract : This dissertation contains an edition, followed by an English translation, of chapter 21, De stomacho, from the so-called Esculapius or Liber Esculapii. The dissertation offers a diplomatic-interpretative edition of the Latin text of the manuscript Uppsala C 664, a miscellaneous medical manuscript containing i.a. the chapter De stomacho. READ MORE