Seeing the face, seeing the soul : Polemon's Physiognomy from classical antiquity to medieval Islam / / edited by Simon Swain ; with contributions by George Boys-Stones [and five others]
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Seeing the face, seeing the soul : Polemon's Physiognomy from classical antiquity to medieval Islam / / edited by Simon Swain ; with contributions by George Boys-Stones [and five others]
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007 |
| ©2007 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (710 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 138.09 |
| Soggetto topico: | Physiognomy - History |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SwainSimon |
| Boys-StonesG. R. | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Illustrations; 1.Introduction; PART I. ANTIQUITY; 2.Physiognomy and Ancient Psychological Theory; 3.Polemon's Physiognomy; 4.Physiognomics: Art and Text; PART II. ISLAM; 5.The Islamic Background to Polemon's Treatise; 6.The Semiotic Paradigm: Physiognomy and Medicine in Islamic Culture; 7.Polemon's Physiognomy in the Arabic Tradition; PART III. TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS; 8.A New Edition and Translation of the Leiden Polemon; 9.The Istanbul Polemon (TK Recension): Edition and Translation of the Introduction; 10.The Physiognomy of Adamantius the Sophist |
| 11.Anonymus Latinus, Book of PhysiognomyAppendix: The Physiognomy Attributed to Aristotle; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Polemon of Laodicea's Physiognomy explains how to detect someone's character from their appearance. The original 2nd-century text has been lost, but this collection of essays presents translations of the surviving Greek, Latin, and Arabic versions together with a series of masterly studies on the Physiognomy's origins, function, and legacy. - ;Polemon of Laodicea (near modern Denizli, south-west Turkey) was a wealthy Greek aristocrat and a key member of the intellectual movement known as the Second Sophistic. Among his works was the Physiognomy, a manual on how to tell character from appearanc |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Seeing the face, seeing the soul |
| ISBN: | 0-19-156949-6 |
| 1-4294-9191-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819289503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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