Writing on Hands : Memory and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe.
Writing on Hands : Memory and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe.
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- ISBN
- 0295980729
- Author
- Sherman, Claire Richter (Ed.)
- Publishers
- Seattle: University of Washington Press., 2000.
- Size
- 277 S. : zahlr. Abb. ; 31 cm. Broschiert / Paperback.
- Keyword
- Hand <Motiv>, Illustration, Hand <Motiv>, Buchwissenschaft, Illustration, Geschichte 1466 - 1700, Carlisle, Pa., Illustration, Europa, Buchwissenschaft, Geschichte, Mnemotechnik, Buchwissenschaft, Grafik, angewandte Kunst
- Dust jacket
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- Languages
- English
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- First edition
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Description
In good condition. - Contents -- Foreword and Acknowledgments of The Trout Gallery�s Director -- Foreword of The Folger Shakespeare Library�s Director -- Curator�s Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Claire Richter Sherman -- �The Handy Worke of the Incomprehensible Creator� -- Martin Kemp -- A Manual Computer for Reckoning Time Sachiko Kusukawa -- The Singing Hand -- Susan Forscher Weiss -- A Show of Hands -- Brian P. Copenhaver -- Catalogue of Works -- Prefatory Notes -- i. Reading the Writing on Hands -- Mentor, Metaphor, and Map: Cat. 1-4 -- Identity, Intelligence, and Creativity: Cat. 5-10 -- n. The Handiwork of the Creator -- The Noblest Creation: Cat. 11-16 -- The Instrument of Instruments: Cat. 17-25 -- in. Messengers of the World -- The Sense of Touch: Cat. 26-33 -- Inscribing Memory: Cat. 34-39 -- iv. Knowledge on Hand -- Manipulating Time: Cat. 40-45 -- Steps to Singing: Cat.46-50 -- Companion of Eloquence: Cat. 51-56 -- v. The Whole World in the Hand -- The Body as Microcosm: Cat. 57-62 -- Signs upon the Hand: Cat. 63-68 -- The Hand of the Philosopher: Cat. 69-73 -- vi. Guiding Hands -- Defenders of Faith: Cat. 74-78 -- Guardians of Morals: Cat. 79-83. ISBN 0295980729