Editing Robert Grosseteste / / Evelyn Mackie, Joseph Goering.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• TeilnehmendeR: Goering, Joseph,; Mackie, Evelyn,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Conference on Editorial Problems
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Thirteenth-century theologian, philosopher, and church leader, Robert Grosseteste was one of the most learned men and respected scholars of his time. Elected as the Bishop of Lincoln in 1235, a post he held until his death in 1253, Grosseteste was something of a polymath, exploring subjects ranging from the natural sciences (physics, cosmography, etc.) to pastoral care and speculative theology. More than 1000 medieval manuscripts of his works are scattered in libraries throughout Europe, and as a result there are immense challenges faced by editors who wish to provide modern critical editions of his works.This collection of essays, in the series on Editorial Problems, offers historical and contextual discussions of several of Grosseteste's works, including the Super Psalterium, Le Chateau d'amour, and Grosseteste's translation of the pseudo-Dionysian Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, among others. In addressing specific aspects of the editorial process ? questions of authenticity, chronology, textual transmission, editorial practice, and contemporary sources and influences ? the contributors provide new insight into Grosseteste's work through the use of both traditional and cross-disciplinary approaches.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Editing Robert Grosseteste -- 1. Robert Grosseteste: The Man and His Legacy / McEvoy, James -- 2. The Super Psalterium in Context / Ginther, James R. -- 3. Scribal Intervention and the Question of Audience: Editing Le Château d'amour / Mackie, Evelyn A. -- 4. Robert Grosseteste and the Corpus Dionysiacum: Accessing Spiritual Realities through the Word / Quinn, Candice Taylor -- 5. Robert Grosseteste's Notes on the Physics / Lewis, Neil -- 6. Robert Grosseteste's Early Cosmology / Panti, Cecilia -- 7. On Not Editing Grosseteste / Moreton, Jennifer -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Ancient and Medieval Names and Works -- Index of Modern Names -- Backmatter