New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

medieval � renaissance studies
Mechanisches Memorieren und
Chiffrieren um 1430
Johannes Fontanas
Tractatus de instrumentis artis memorie
by Horst Kranz and Walter Oberschelp
During the Renaissance, the arts of memory and encryption
enjoyed an enormous upturn. In 1430, the Venetian
scholar Johannes Fontana published a treatise that contained
his essay Tractatus de instrumentis, which describes
and illustrates instruments used for the mechanical storage,
combination and encryption of information. The first
part of this volume introduces Fontana and his œuvre. The
second part contains the original Latin text with a translation
and a cryptological analysis. German text.
167p, hardback, 9783515092968, $61.00(s),
Franz Steiner Verlag, June 2009, Boethius 59.
Einstimmigkeit um 1500
Der Chansonnier Paris, BnF f. fr. 12744
by Isabel Kraft
This study focuses on the manuscript Paris BnF, f. fr. 12744,
which purportedly belonged to Anne, Queen of France
and Duchess of Burgundy. Traditionally, the 143 monodical
chansons in the manuscript are thought to be “folk songs,”
a hypothesis that is subjected to a thorough revision in this
study. Rather than simple songs, many of the melodies are
complex structures, intellectual baubles, and compositions
in the literal sense of the word. German text.
348p, 71 b/w illus, notes, CD-ROM, hardback,
9783515083911, $104.00(s), Franz Steiner Verlag,
June 2009, Beihefte zum Archiv für Musikwissenschaft 64.
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Altrussisches Kulturlexikon
by Erich Donnert and Edgar Hösch
This is the third, completely revised edition of the established and
successful Altrussische Kulturlexikon. Chapters on persons and themes
as they relate to art, literature, education, and science offer compact
insight into the cultural development of Old Russia from the 9th to
17th centuries. Bibliographical references invite further reading, and
selected illustrations accompany individual topics. The authors view
the Russian developments within the wider context of European and
Asian history and complement their Russian sources with contemporary
foreign reports and illustrative material. German text.
248p, 29 b/w illus, hardback, 9783515092241, $92.00(s), Franz Steiner Verlag, April 2009.
Vergangenheit und Vergegenwärtigung
Frühes Mittelalter
und europäische Erinnerungskultur
edited by Helmut Reimitz and Bernhard Zeller
The early Middle Ages played an important role in the creation of a
sense of identity for modern European nations. This volume examines
the role played by the medieval past in its many representations up
to the present day, focusing on the modern appropriation of the early
medieval past. German text.
368p, paperback, 9783700138259, $83.00(s), Austrian Academy of
Sciences, October 2009, Forschungen zur Geschichte des Mittelalters 14.
Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein
Gesellschaft
Band 17 (2008/2009): Kaiser Maximilian I.
(1459–1519) und die Hofkultur seiner Zeit
edited by Sieglinde Hartmann and Ulrich Müller
This annual gathers interdisciplinary studies on the late Middle Ages
and early modern times. The present volume focuses on emperor
Maximilian I and the court culture of his time. German text.
480p, 10 b/w illus, hardback, 9783895006647, $99.00(s),
Reichert Verlag, July 2009.
Alterskulturen des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit
edited by Elisabeth Vavra
The concept of cultures of old age incorporates models and realities as well as structures and coding, placing
the perception of aging and the dealings with the elderly and old objects into their respective social contexts.
In October 2006, the Institute for the Material Culture of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period
organized this topic, the proceedings of which are presented here. German text.
387p, 29 b/w illus, 12 graphics, paperback, 9783700161080, $48.00(s), Austrian Academy of Sciences,
December 2008, Veröffentlichungen des Institutes für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit.
The David Brown Book Company – Fall 2009