Author: Contreni, John J.
Title: Cicero among the Stars: Constellations, Humanism, and Cultural Clusters of the Carolingian Age
Review/Collection: in : In this Modern Age: Medieval Studies in Honor of Paul Edward Dutton,” ed. Courtney M. Booker and Anne A. Latowsky. Renovatio—Studies in the Carolingian World 2
Place edition: Budapest
Editor: Trivent Publishing
Year edition: 2023
Pages: 219-249
Keywords: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Description: A ninth-century citation from Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations in MSStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 130 (hereafter Phillipps 1832), a collection of Bede’s scientific works and astronomical texts, offers perspectives on Carolingian humanism beyond philological acumen and text correction. The gloss also serves as a springboard to consider the complementarity of pagan and Christian learning as exemplified in the thought of John Scottus (Eriugena) and Lupus of Ferrières. An appendix explores the transmission of the Tusculans in the Carolingian age [Author]
Works:
Link: https://www.academia.edu/100502638/Cicero_among_the_Stars
Author initials: Contreni 2023
Title: Cicero among the Stars: Constellations, Humanism, and Cultural Clusters of the Carolingian Age
Review/Collection: in : In this Modern Age: Medieval Studies in Honor of Paul Edward Dutton,” ed. Courtney M. Booker and Anne A. Latowsky. Renovatio—Studies in the Carolingian World 2
Place edition: Budapest
Editor: Trivent Publishing
Year edition: 2023
Pages: 219-249
Keywords: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Description: A ninth-century citation from Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations in MSStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 130 (hereafter Phillipps 1832), a collection of Bede’s scientific works and astronomical texts, offers perspectives on Carolingian humanism beyond philological acumen and text correction. The gloss also serves as a springboard to consider the complementarity of pagan and Christian learning as exemplified in the thought of John Scottus (Eriugena) and Lupus of Ferrières. An appendix explores the transmission of the Tusculans in the Carolingian age [Author]
Works:
Link: https://www.academia.edu/100502638/Cicero_among_the_Stars
Author initials: Contreni 2023
