Textos

The importance of Astrology / Astronomy in the Middle Ages, especially the artistic metaphor of the Zodiacal Man as a microcosm of the Universe Revolution.

The Melancholy in the writings of the philosopher Ramon Llull.

Envy is one of the Seven Deadly Sins and a classic theme in Medieval and Renaissance Art. Our purpose is to analyze some of the more traditional images on the subject.

The purpose is to present the methodology of the Spanish historian José Enrique Ruiz- Domènec (1948- ) for the study of the Past: the appreciation of Music – one of the seven liberal arts – in historical studies as a key element for understanding the history of cultures in time.

Nuestra propuesta es presentar el concepto de Belleza en las obras Retòrica Nova (1301) y el Llibre de contemplació (1271-1274) del filósofo Ramón Llull, idea central retórica para convertir el mundo al Cristianismo, y mostrar sus respectivos temas, exempla y proverbios.

Iconographic analysis of medieval frescoes about hell with the confrontation of biblical texts, philosophers and writers of the thirteenth century.

The purpose is to present a ripe fruit of artistic renewal (renovatio) from the XII century: the representations of peasant life in the sculptures of Benedetto Antelami exposed in the Baptistery of Parma.

The contents of the Second Book of Convivio (c. 1304-1307) from Dante and discuss the philosophical foundations of his analogy between Seven Liberal Arts and seven planets.

This paper analyses the subjects of Love and Beauty in the Risalah fi’l- ‘ishq (A Treatise on Love) of the philosopher Ibn Sīnā (980-1037).

To reform the Abbey with a New Aesthetic (later to be known as Gothic), Suger used art to convey his interpretation of Christian theology, and so materialize, artistically, tangible means by which one could ascend from the material to the immaterial.

Some aspects of the philosophical discourse and the medieval rhetoric elements contained in the sermons of Saint Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419), especially his thoughts about a theme currently and universally present in the Christian Middle Ages: the moral virtues or cardinal virtues.

Iconographic study of images of medieval peasants in Chartres and Amiens cathedrals.

Iconographic study of medieval images about martyrdom and miracles attributed to Thomas Becket.

Two examples of textual and imagistic representations of Dominican and Franciscan friars contained in the Cantigas de Santa María.

The Regimen sanitatis by physician Catalan Arnaldus de Villa Nova, with emphasis on diet prescribed by the author for the prevention of disease and the search for better health.

The purpose is to present some characteristics and peculiarities of the first translation of Lo Somni, by Bernat Metge, to Portuguese, realized by Ricardo da Costa and revised by Armando Alexandre dos Santos. For this, we will comment some literary aspects more typically humanists of the work. Lastly, we will discourse about the reception of the metgian text for the Portuguese language.

Brief analysis of Lo Somni (1399) work of Bernat Metge, particularly the educational and moral point of view.

The purpose is to present the academic community our translation of Cantiga 103, made ​​directly from the Galician-Portuguese, in addition to its close thematic relationship with the corresponding illumination.

Catalan embroidery, one of the most important textile works of Romanesque art who tells the Christian cosmology, the Heaven and the Nature in its original state. Our proposal is to analyze some aspects of his iconography, especially the meaning of the Cosmocrator God and His relationship with the philosophy of St. Augustine.