Project description
The role of textual fluidity in Aristotle’s medieval manuscripts
Aristotle’s influence on philosophy, science and theology was profound, particularly during the late medieval and early modern periods. While Latin translations from the 12th and 13th centuries played a crucial role in his reception, the nuances of these translations have often been overlooked. With this in mind, the ERC-funded FitMA project aims to explore new approaches to reading Aristotle’s Latin texts, focusing on textual variations found in the handwritten manuscripts that preserve these translations. The project will also produce critical editions of the Greek-Latin translations. By highlighting the importance of textual fluidity in these manuscripts, FitMA will develop a novel interpretative model that can be applied to other medieval translations of philosophy and science.
Objective
Aristotles impact on philosophy, science, and theology has been overwhelming, especially in the late medieval and early modern periods: hundreds of Aristotelian manuscripts survive to attest how strongly his works belong to the written culture of the pre-modern intellectual world. The understanding of Aristotles thought was decisively shaped by Latin translations from the 12th and 13th centuries. Translators efforts to preserve the exact phrasing of the texts and readers struggles to determine the disturbingly novel meaning lie hidden in modifications and notes in the manuscripts. These have however not received the attention they deserve, leading to a significant gap in our knowledge of the medieval reception of Aristotle. FitMA aims to fill this gap through a comprehensive investigation into the new ways to read the Latin Aristotle, with a ground-breaking focus on the textual variance in the handwritten books that preserve the translations. To realize that goal, FitMA will produce state-of-the-art critical editions of Greek-Latin translations of three of Aristotles most influential treatises on natural philosophy: De anima, De generatione et corruptione, and De caelo. Critical editions are the established scholarly means to document the variant readings in all manuscript witnesses of an ancient or medieval text. The study of that variance across versions or textual fluidity provides first-hand evidence how readers were exposed to the recently available translations, which are fundamentally different from their Greek originals. Because every manuscript copy of the Latin Aristotle generates a different state for its medieval reception, which cannot be adequately studied from the Greek text or a modern translation, FitMA will advance the state of the art by uncovering the importance of textual fluidity in the manuscripts of these translations and developing an innovative model of interpretation applicable to other medieval translations of philosophy and science.
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- humanities history and archaeology history medieval history
- humanities philosophy, ethics and religion philosophy
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3000 LEUVEN
Belgium
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