La utopía del regreso

The Lingua Ignota, "brought forth" by the twelfth-century German nun Hildegard of Bingen, provides 1012 neologisms for praise of Church and new expression of the things of her world. Noting her visionary metaphors, her music, and various medieval linguistic philosophies, Higley examines how the "Unknown Language" makes arid signifiers green again. This text, however, is too often seen in too narrow a context: glossolalia, angelic language, secret code. Higley provides an edition and English translation of its glosses in the Riesencodex (with assistance from the Berlin MS) , but also places it ...

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El Manuscrito de Valentim Fernandes es un documento capital para conocer la expansión europea en las costas del África occidental y en sus archipiélagos. Su autor es un moravo establecido en Lisboa, que reunió todo tipo de fuentes sobre los viajes efectuados por los portugueses desde el paso del Cabo Bojador, en 1434, hasta la llegada al Golfo de Guinea, a comienzos del siglo XVI. Su trabajo aprovechó obras anteriores, como las de Zurara, Cadamosto o Diogo Gomes, pero también aportó relatos de primera mano, ofrecidos por informadores que residieron en aquellas regiones. Esta simpar...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...