Imaging Aristotle
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  ABBREVIATIONS OF PRINCIPAL MANUSCRIPTS
  INTRODUCTION

 collapse sectionPART I—  THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF ORESME'S TRANSLATIONS
 collapse section1—  Royal Patronage of Vernacular Translations
 •Patronage and Audiences
 •Political and Cultural Implications
 •The Scope of Charles V's Program of Translations
 •The Translatio Studii
 •Humanistic Currents
 collapse section2—  Intellectual and Political Ties between Nicole Oresme and Charles V
 •The Historical and Biographical Context
 •Economic Counsel
 •The Question of Astrology
 •Oresme's Later Career
 collapse section3—  Nicole Oresme as Master of the Texts
 •Changing Structures of the Medieval Book
 •Oresme's Translation Strategies
 •Glossaries and Indexes
 •Prefatory and Explanatory Materials
 •Glosses and Commentaries
 •Tradition and Innovation in the Illustrations
 •Oresme's Role in Designing the Programs of Illustration

 collapse sectionPART II—  PERSONIFICATIONS AND ALLEGORIES AS COGNITIVE AND MNEMONIC SUBJECT GUIDES:  THE PROGRAMS OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN CHARLES V'S COPIES OF THE LIVRE D'ÉTHIQUES
 collapse section4—  Preliminary Considerations
 •Oresme's Identification of His Readers
 •Reading the Translations
 •Three Modes of Illustration
 •Visual Redefinitions and the Functions of the Manuscripts
 collapse section5—  Dedication Frontispieces (Book I)
 •The Dedication Portrait and Frontispiece of the Prologue in MS A
 •The Dedication Frontispiece:  The Upper Register
 •The Dedication Frontispiece:  The Lower Register
 •The Dedication Frontispiece of MS C :  General Features and the Upper Register
 •The Dedication Frontispiece:  The Lower Register
 collapse section6—  Virtue as Queen and Mean (Book II)
 •Definition and Location of a Basic Concept
 •Virtue as Queen and Mean in MS A
 •Vertu and Her Companions in MS C
 collapse section7—  Courage, Moderation, and Their Opposites (Book III)
 •The Function and Status of the Images
 •Visual Definitions
 •The Expanded Subject Guide of the C Miniature
 collapse section8—  Generosity, Magnanimity, Profligacy, and Avarice (Book IV)
 •Liberalité and Le Magnanime in A
 •Visual and Verbal Embellishments in MS C
 collapse section9—  The Centrality of Justice (Book V)
 •The Theoretical and Historical Concept
 •The Design of the Justice Folio in MS A
 •The Visual Definition of Justice:  The Upper Register
 •Justice Particulière:  The Lower Register
 •The Sister Justices
 •The Visual Redefinition in C
 •Parallel Directions
 collapse section10—  Guides to the Intellectual Virtues (Book VI)
 •Art
 •Sapience
 •The Intellectual Virtues in C
 •Entendement and Sapience:  The Lower Register
 collapse section11—  Reason and Desire:  Moral Decisions (Book VII)
 •The Decision Allegory
 •Le Continent and L'Incontinent in A
 •The Expanded Decision Allegory of C
 •The Embodiment of Moral Dilemmas
 collapse section12—  Friendship:  Personal and Social Relationships (Book VIII)
 •Friendship as a Concept
 •The Personification Allegory in MS A
 •A Detailed Subject Guide of MS C :  The Upper Register
 •Friendship in MS C :  The Lower Register
 collapse section13—  Moral Obligations of Friendship (Book IX)
 •Problematic Relationships between Friends
 •The Decision Allegory of MS C
 •A Meaningful Redefinition of the Decision Allegory
 collapse section14—  Contemplative Happiness and Intellectual Activity (Book X)
 •The Visual Definition of Félicité
 •Félicité Contemplative:  A Monumental Personification Allegory
 •Affirmation of the Contemplative Life

 collapse sectionPART III—  PARADIGMS OF THE BODY POLITIC:  THE PROGRAMS OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN CHARLES V'S COPIES OF THE LIVRE DE POLITIQUES AND THE LIVRE DE YCONOMIQUE
 collapse section15—  Contrasts and Continuities
 •Continuities between the Politiques and the Ethiques
 •Textual Differences from the Ethiques Manuscripts
 •Differences in the Programs of Illustrations
 •Oresme's Role as Designer
 collapse section16—  The Six-Forms-of-Government Frontispieces (Book I)
 •Composition and Arrangement
 •Textual Sources
 •Visual Structures
 •Historical Associations
 •Iconographic Sources
 collapse section17—  Classical Authorities on Political Theory (Book II)
 •Representations of Classical Theorists
 •The Designs of the Miniatures
 •Iconography and Invention
 collapse section18—  Threats to the Body Politic (Book III)
 •Metaphorical and Formal Relationships
 •The Relationship between Text and Image
 •The Analogy of the Body Politic
 •The Periander/Tarquin Tale
 •The Visual Structures
 •The Periander/Tarquin Tale and Contemporary Historical Experience
 collapse section19—  Foundations of Political Stability (Book IV)
 •A Diagrammatic and Prescriptive Paradigm
 •Styles, Decoration, and Layout of the Illustrations
 •The Missing Definition
 •Inscriptions and the Index of Noteworthy Subjects
 •The Visual Structure of the Illustrations
 •The Middle Class and the Aristotelian Concept of the Mean
 •The Ideals of Bonne Policie and Contemporary Historical Experience
 collapse section20—  Undermining the Body Politic (Book V)
 •Pathology of the Body Politic
 •Formal Aspects of Figures 67 and 68
 •The Verbal Definitions
 •Visual Definitions and Visual Structure
 •The Appeal to Historical Experience
 collapse section21—  Good Democracy:  A Pastoral Vision? (Book VI)
 •The Layout and Format of the Program
 •Visual Definitions and Textual Linkage
 •The Visual Structure of Bonne Democracie
 •Iconographic Sources
 •Paradoxical Relationships
 collapse section22—  Citizens and Noncitizens (Book VII)
 •The Choice of the Program
 •The Formats of the Illustrations
 •External and Internal Inscriptions
 •Definitions of Terms
 •Visual Structures
 •Costumes and Attributes
 •The Appeal to Historical Experience
 •Collaborative Practice and Its Interpretation
 collapse section23—  Education of the Young (Book VIII)
 •A Limited Program
 •Formats and Decoration
 •Inscriptions and Texts
 •Visual Structures
 •Historical and Musical Experience
 collapse section24—  Family and Household (Book I, Yconomique )
 •An Influential Text
 •Oresme's Compilation of the Text and Its Graphic Treatment
 •Formal Qualities of the Illustrations and Text-Image Relationships
 •Visual Structures
 •Oresme's Interpretation of the Marriage Relationship
 •Social and Political Implications of the Family Unit
 collapse section25—  The Marriage Ceremony (Book II, Yconomique )
 •Formal and Decorative Relationships
 •Text-image Relationships
 •Visual Structures
 •The Representation of the Wedding Ceremony

  CONCLUSION
 collapse sectionAPPENDIX I—  MS A:  ARISTOTLE, ETHICA NICOMACHEA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, AFTER 1372 (BRUSSELS, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROYALE ALBERT IER, MS 9505–06)
 •Text Divisions
 •Structure and Layout
 •Miniatures
 •History
 •Principal References[en4]Principal References
 collapse sectionAPPENDIX II—  MS C:  ARISTOTLE, ETHICA NICOMACHEA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1376 (THE HAGUE, RIJKSMUSEUM MUSEUM MEERMANNO-WESTREENIANUM, MS 10 D 1)
 •Text Divisions
 •Structure and Layout
 •Miniatures
 •History
 •Principal References[en7]Principal References
 collapse sectionAPPENDIX III—  MS B:  ARISTOTLE, POLITICA AND OECONOMICA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1375–76 (FRANCE, PRIVATE COLLECTION)
 •Text Divisions
 •Structure and Layout
 •Miniatures
 •History
 •Principal References[en7]Principal References
 collapse sectionAPPENDIX IV—  MS D:  ARISTOTLE, POLITICA AND OECONOMICA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1376  (BRUSSELS, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROYALE ALBERT IER, MS 11201–02)
 •Text Divisions
 •Structure and Layout
 •Miniatures
 •History
 •Principal References[en3]Principal References
 collapse sectionAPPENDIX V—  MS B , FOL. 2:  ORESME'S SECOND INSTRUCTION TO THE READER OF THE POLITIQUES
 •Translation of the Second Instruction
 collapse sectionNotes
 •1— Royal Patronage of Vernacular Translations
 •2— Intellectual and Political Ties between Nicole Oresme and Charles V
 •3— Nicole Oresme as Master of the Texts
 •4— Preliminary Considerations
 •5— Dedication Frontispieces (Book I)
 •6— Virtue as Queen and Mean (Book II)
 •7— Courage, Moderation, and Their Opposites (Book III)
 •8— Generosity, Magnanimity, Profligacy, and Avarice (Book IV)
 •9— The Centrality of Justice (Book V)
 •10— Guides to the Intellectual Virtues (Book VI)
 •11— Reason and Desire: Moral Decisions (Book VII)
 •12— Friendship: Personal and Social Relationships (Book VIII)
 •13— Moral Obligations of Friendship (Book IX)
 •14— Contemplative Happiness and Intellectual Activity (Book X)
 •15— Contrasts and Continuities
 •16— The Six-Forms-of-Government Frontispieces (Book I)
 •17— Classical Authorities on Political Theory (Book II)
 •18— Threats to the Body Politic (Book III)
 •19— Foundations of Political Stability (Book IV)
 •20— Undermining the Body Politic (Book V)
 •21— Good Democracy: A Pastoral Vision? (Book VI)
 •22— Citizens and Noncitizens (Book VII)
 •23— Education of the Young (Book VIII)
 •24— Family and Household (Book I, Yconomique )
 •25— The Marriage Ceremony (Book II, Yconomique )
 •Conclusion
 •APPENDIX I— MS A: ARISTOTLE, ETHICA NICOMACHEA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, AFTER 1372 (BRUSSELS, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROYALE ALBERT IER, MS 9505–06)
 •APPENDIX II— MS C: ARISTOTLE, ETHICA NICOMACHEA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1376 (THE HAGUE, RIJKSMUSEUM MUSEUM MEERMANNO-WESTREENIANUM, MS 10 D 1)
 •APPENDIX III— MS B: ARISTOTLE, POLITICA AND OECONOMICA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1375–76 (FRANCE, PRIVATE COLLECTION)
 •APPENDIX IV— MS D: ARISTOTLE, POLITICA AND OECONOMICA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1376 (BRUSSELS, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROYALE ALBERT IER, MS 11201–02)
 •APPENDIX V— MS B , FOL. 2: ORESME'S SECOND INSTRUCTION TO THE READER OF THE POLITIQUES
  ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY CITED WORKS
 collapse sectionBIBLIOGRAPHY
 collapse sectionA—  Manuscripts Consulted
 •Translations Commissioned by Charles V
 •Related Manuscripts
 •Late Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Manuscripts of the French Translations of Aristotle
 •B—  Translations and Editions
 •C—  Secondary Sources
  PLATE SECTION
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 •N
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