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Author:   Robin Raybould
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   261/16
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9789004332140

ISBN 10:   9004332146
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   03 November 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Greek and Roman Origins 2. The early Christian Era The Sibylline Oracles Lactantius St. Augustine The Influence of Virgil 3. The Middle Ages The Encyclopaedic texts The Apocalyptic texts The Pisano Sibyls 4. The Sibyls at the beginning of the Fifteenth Century 5. The Cortina Sibyls 6. The Orsini Sibyls The Tradition of Wall Painting in the Palaces of Italy The New Canon of Twelve Sibyls The Camera Paramenti 7. The Manuscripts of the Orsini series The Early Manuscripts: Zwölf Sibyllen Weissagung Other early Manuscripts 8. The Theme, Order and Attributes of the Fifteenth Century Sibyl Series 9. The Sibyl Series derived from the Orsini Frescos The Ferrara Sibyls Feo Belcari and the Rappresentazione Baccio Baldini De Barberis The Nuremberg Chronicle Other Series 10. The Oracula Sibyllina of St. Gall 11. The Sibyl Series derived from Lactantius The Tempio Malatestiano Ulm Cathedral Siena Cathedral The Oxford Paintings 12. Conclusion Appendix 1 Text and Origin of the Prophecies of the Orsini Sibyls Appendix 2 Pausanias: Description of Greece Chapter 10.12 Appendix 3 Clement of Alexandria: Stromata Appendix 4 Lactantius: Divine Institutes; references to the sibyls Appendix 5 Table of the Order of the Sibyls Bibliography Index

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Robin Raybould (MA, LLM, Cambridge UK) is an independent scholar who specializes in Renaissance symbolic literature. His latest publication was a translation of and commentary on Giehlow's Hieroglyphenkunde, (Brill, 2015) which describes the reception of hieroglyphics in the Italian Renaissance.

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