Fiche anthropométrique : les représentations de Fortune dans le Français 225, le Français 230 et le Français 132 de la B.n.F.
Anthropometric Note: the Representations of Fortune in the BNF Manuscripts French 225, French 230, and French 132
Author(s): Laura DumitrescuSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: medieval literature; iconography; Fortune; manuscript; anthropology;
Summary/Abstract: Although most capricious, evil and merciless, veiled and blind, fierceful and generally unreliable, Fortuna remains one of the most popular medieval figures. This article depicts the ways Boccaccio’s "De casibus virorum illustrium" highlights and defines three images of the same character as represented within an increasingly rich iconographic production centered on ever-changing human anatomy.
Journal: Revista Cercurilor studenţeşti ale Departamentului de Limba şi Literatura Franceză (RCSDLLF)
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 31-43
- Page Count: 13
- Language: French
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