The Notory Art of Shorthand (Ars Notoria Notarie): A Curious Chapter in the History of Writing in the West

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-90-429-3068-1
Verlag: PEETERS PUB

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 504 g

Reihe: Dallas Medieval Texts and Tran

The Notory Art of Shorthand (Ars notoria notarie), an important

yet understudied late medieval work, is newly edited here and presented

for the first time in English translation along with an introduction and

commentary. This unique treatise on shorthand writing is a hybrid of

literary genres that sheds much light on late medieval scribal culture.

Following in a medieval tradition of works such as the Secret of

Secrets, the innovative Ars notoria notarie points forward to

early modern hermetic writers such as Agrippa von Nettesheim and John

Dee, the latter having owned one of the three manuscripts of the work.

The Ars notoria notarie relates to disciplines ranging from

paleography to magic. It has multiple identities: a unique branch of one

of the most popular magic treatises of the Middle Ages, the Ars

notoria; a rare report on medieval paleography and the notarial

trade; an exposé of a unique medieval cipher based on the famous

Tironian notes; an eclectic university text bringing together

authorities from Pliny and Aristotle to Donatus and Bede; a remarkable

source for the liturgy of Thomas Becket; and, finally, a distinctive

contribution to the epistolary genre known as the mirror for princes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haines, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Mittel- & Neulateinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies