Bibliographie der Spielbücher des 15. bis 18. Jahrhunderts
Author: Manfred Zollinger
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13:
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Playthings in Early Modernity
Author: Allison Levy
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Published: 2017-02-22
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1580442617
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn innovative volume of fifteen interdisciplinary essays at the nexus of material culture, performance studies, and game theory, Playthings in Early Modernity emphasizes the rules of the game(s) as well as the breaking of those rules. Thus, the titular "plaything" is understood as both an object and a person, and play, in the early modern world, is treated not merely as a pastime, a leisurely pursuit, but as a pivotal part of daily life, a strategic psychosocial endeavor.
Prognostication in the Medieval World
Author: Matthias Heiduk
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2020-11-09
Total Pages: 1039
ISBN-13: 3110499770
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo opposing views of the future in the Middle Ages dominate recent historical scholarship. According to one opinion, medieval societies were expecting the near end of the world and therefore had no concept of the future. According to the other opinion, the expectation of the near end created a drive to change the world for the better and thus for innovation. Close inspection of the history of prognostication reveals the continuous attempts and multifold methods to recognize and interpret God’s will, the prodigies of nature, and the patterns of time. That proves, on the one hand, the constant human uncertainty facing the contingencies of the future. On the other hand, it demonstrates the firm believe during the Middle Ages in a future which could be shaped and even manipulated. The handbook provides the first overview of current historical research on medieval prognostication. It considers the entangled influences and transmissions between Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and non-monotheistic societies during the period from a wide range of perspectives. An international team of 63 renowned authors from about a dozen different academic disciplines contributed to this comprehensive overview.
Customised Books in Early Modern Europe and the Americas, 1400–1700
Author: Christopher D. Fletcher
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-12-28
Total Pages: 817
ISBN-13: 900468056X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCustomised Books in Early Modern Europe and the Americas, 1400‒1700 examines the form, function, and meaning of alterations made by users to the physical structure of their book, through insertion or interpolation, subtraction or deletion, adjustments in the ordering of folios or quires, amendments of image or text. Although our primary interest is in printed books and print series bound like books, we also consider selected manuscripts since meaningful alterations made to incunabula and early printed books often followed the patterns such changes took in late fourteenth- and fifteenth-century codices. Throughout Customised Books the emphasis falls on the hermeneutic functions of the modifications made by makers and users to their manuscripts and books. Contributors: B. Boler Hunter, T. Cummins, A. Dlabačova, K.A.E. Enenkel, C.D. Fletcher, P.F. Gehl, P. Germano Leal, J. Kiliańczyk-Zięba, J. Koguciuk, A. van Leerdam, S. Leitch, S. McKeown, W.S. Melion, K. Michael, S. Midanik, B. Purkaple, J. Rosenholtz-Witt, B.L. Rothstein, M.R. Wade, and G. Warnar.
Lost Books
Author: Flavia Bruni
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2016-04-19
Total Pages: 541
ISBN-13: 9004311823
DOWNLOAD EBOOKQuestions of survival and loss bedevil the study of early printed books. Many early publications are not particularly rare, but many have disappeared altogether. Here leading specialists in the field explore different strategies for recovering this lost world of print.
Bibliographie Internationale Des Recensions de la Litt Érature Savante
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 924
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPuzzlers' Tribute
Author: David Wolfe
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2001-12-05
Total Pages: 445
ISBN-13: 1439864101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis second collection of interesting mathematical puzzles continues the tribute to Martin Gardner, who has provided us with original puzzles and puzzling stories ever since he created and produced the "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American. The international community of puzzle enthusiasts has gathered once again to celebrate Martin Ga
The Mathematics of Shuffling Cards
Author: Persi Diaconis
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Published: 2023-03-20
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 1470463032
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book gives a lively development of the mathematics needed to answer the question, “How many times should a deck of cards be shuffled to mix it up?” The shuffles studied are the usual ones that real people use: riffle, overhand, and smooshing cards around on the table. The mathematics ranges from probability (Markov chains) to combinatorics (symmetric function theory) to algebra (Hopf algebras). There are applications to magic tricks and gambling along with a careful comparison of the mathematics to the results of real people shuffling real cards. The book explores links between shuffling and higher mathematics—Lie theory, algebraic topology, the geometry of hyperplane arrangements, stochastic calculus, number theory, and more. It offers a useful springboard for seeing how probability theory is applied and leads to many corners of advanced mathematics. The book can serve as a text for an upper division course in mathematics, statistics, or computer science departments and will be appreciated by graduate students and researchers in mathematics, statistics, and computer science, as well as magicians and people with a strong background in mathematics who are interested in games that use playing cards.
Quid est secretum?
Author: Ralph Dekoninck
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-09-10
Total Pages: 780
ISBN-13: 9004432264
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines how secret knowledge was represented visually in ways that both revealed and concealed the true nature of that knowledge, giving and yet impeding access to it.
Con gli occhi et con l'intelletto
Author: Ross Caldwell
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2018-05-24
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 0244671699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo italian authors of the 16th century interpret the symbolism of the tarot deck. These texts are translated here for the first time. Deux auteurs italiens du 16e siècle interprètent le symbolisme du jeu de tarot. Ces textes sont ici traduits en anglais pour la première fois.
