新书 | Time and Science in the Liber floridus of Lambert of Saint-Omer

中世纪史家、文献学家 Patrizia Carmassi 主编的文集 Time and Science in the Liber floridus of Lambert of Saint-Omer 于2021年12月在 Brepols 社出版。这部文集可以认为是2019年3月在法国奥尔良召开的同名会议的成果结集。题名中的《鲜花之书》（Liber floridus）是成书于1090至1120年间的一部欧洲中世纪百科全书，由今法国北部圣奥梅尔城（Saint-Omer）主教座堂的咏祷司铎（canon）朗贝尔（Lambertus de Sancto Audomaro）编撰。《鲜花之书》是中世纪盛期的首部百科全书，其中的普遍历史（universal history）写作是值得注意的中世纪思想史研究材料。在文献学意义上，《鲜花之书》的特别之处在于有作者亲笔书写的稿本（autograph）存世，此外，它也是中世纪拉丁西方最早的配图百科全书文本。

这部文集的作者关注的是《鲜花之书》中作为主导原则的“时间”观念，以及相关科学知识（如行星运动）如何与时间观念结合在一起。Anja Rathmann-Lutz 等一批研究者特别关注了这一文本中图像与图式（diagram，“图表”）所发挥的认知作用^[1]关于中世纪文本中的图式性知识，近年一本重要的文集是 Eckart Conrad Lutz 等人主编的 Diagramm und Text: Diagrammatische Strukturen und die Dynamisierung von Wissen und Erfahrung，其中法国中世纪史研究大家 … » 更多。作者们重点讨论的史料是比利时根特大学（Universiteit Gent）图书馆和德国奥古斯特公爵图书馆（Herzog August Bibliothek）所藏的《鲜花之书》稿本与抄本。

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原图书简介：

The volume investigates the reception of scientific knowledge and the concepts of time in the Liber floridus, considering literary and visual traditions, exegetical and philosophical backgrounds, use and function of images, with particular attention to Lambert’s autograph, now in Ghent.

The Liber floridus is an encyclopedic compilation written in the first quarter of the twelfth century by a canon of Saint-Omer named Lambert. The work was conceived as an illustrated edition combining texts with images, with Lambert collecting earlier sources as well as contemporary literature in his attempt at synthesis and innovation. Time plays an important role, manifested in the liturgical calendar, the idea of the end of time, the movements of planets, the divisions of time in ages and years, local and universal history. Approached from a range of perspectives and from different disciplines, this volume investigates the reception of scientific ideas and the many concepts of time in the Liber floridus, conveyed in its images, texts, and diagrams, while also taking into account the various exegetical and philosophical contexts. The manuscript tradition of the Liber floridus is likewise considered, with particular attention given to the autograph manuscript, now held at the Ghent University Library, and to the oldest and most accurate copy of Lambert’s autograph, now at the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.

编者简介：

Patrizia Carmassi, Dr. phil., studied in Pisa and Münster Classical Philology, Medieval History and Palaeography. Her PhD dealt with the liturgical Lectionary of the Ambrosian Church. Currently she is a senior researcher at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. She has also worked at the University of Göttingen and at LE STUDIUM, Orléans. Her research focuses on Medieval history, liturgy, Latin philology, codicology, the history of libraries and the concepts of time in medieval culture.