Cross-Cultural Approaches Hamburger, Jeffrey F. edt Hamburger, Jeffrey F. oth Roxburgh, David J. edt Roxburgh, David J. oth Safran, Linda edt Safran, Linda oth text xx Washington Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 2022 monographic eng 1 online resource This is the first book that looks at medieval diagrams in a cross-cultural perspective, focusing on three regions-Byzantium, the Islamicate world, and the Latin West-each culturally diverse and each closely linked to the others through complex processes of intellectual, artistic, diplomatic, and mercantile exchange. The volume unites case studies, often of little-known material, by an international set of specialists, and is prefaced by four introductory essays that provide broad overviews of diagrammatic traditions in these regions in addition to considering the theoretical dimensions of diagramming. Among the historical disciplines whose use of diagrams is explored are philosophy, theology, mysticism, music, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and cosmology. Despite the sheer variety, ingenuity, and visual inventiveness of diagrams from the premodern world, in conception and practical use they often share many similarities, both in construction and application. Diagrams prove to be an essential part of the fabric of premodern intellectual, scientific, religious, artistic, and artisanal life Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English medieval diagrams; Byzantium; Islamic world; Latin-West thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History 9780884024866 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/95982 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/95982 Free-to-read All rights reserved oapen 230111 20260305123953.0 doab95982