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Medieval Numerology: A Book of Essays, edited by Robert L. Surles (Medieval Casebooks) – scholarly essays on number symbolism in the Middle Ages.
Numbers carried deep symbolic, theological and cosmological meaning for medieval writers. These essays examine number symbolism in medieval literature, theology, architecture and art, from Augustine and Dante to the Gawain-poet – a scarce academic volume for students of medieval studies, esoteric numerology and sacred geometry.
The contributors explore how numbers structured medieval understanding of the world – the symbolism of three, seven, twelve and forty; numerical composition in poetry, where the number of lines and stanzas carries meaning; and the influence of Pythagorean and Augustinian ideas of number on theology, music and architecture.
Published in a small academic series, it is scarce and seldom offered for sale.
Ideal for: medievalists, students of numerology and sacred geometry, and readers interested in the symbolic thought of the Middle Ages.
Carefully packed and shipped from Australia. Questions about this copy, or want more photos? Get in touch.
This copy: Format: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cloth hardcover, no jacket, clean. Second-hand copy. The photos show the actual item, so please check them for condition.
Medieval Numerology: A Book of Essays, edited by Robert L. Surles (Medieval Casebooks) – scholarly essays on number symbolism in the Middle Ages.
Numbers carried deep symbolic, theological and cosmological meaning for medieval writers. These essays examine number symbolism in medieval literature, theology, architecture and art, from Augustine and Dante to the Gawain-poet – a scarce academic volume for students of medieval studies, esoteric numerology and sacred geometry.
The contributors explore how numbers structured medieval understanding of the world – the symbolism of three, seven, twelve and forty; numerical composition in poetry, where the number of lines and stanzas carries meaning; and the influence of Pythagorean and Augustinian ideas of number on theology, music and architecture.
Published in a small academic series, it is scarce and seldom offered for sale.
Ideal for: medievalists, students of numerology and sacred geometry, and readers interested in the symbolic thought of the Middle Ages.
Carefully packed and shipped from Australia. Questions about this copy, or want more photos? Get in touch.
This copy: Format: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cloth hardcover, no jacket, clean. Second-hand copy. The photos show the actual item, so please check them for condition.