Sharon:
These might start you off.. Their bibliographies are ripe for
pillaging.
Artemidorus, Daldianus, Oneirocritica, , Eng. transl: Interpretation
of Dreams ,
transl and commentary Robert J. White, Park Ridge< NJ: Noyes Press, 1975
There is a French translation:
La Clef des Songes. Paris: J. Vrin 1975. This edition is translated
by and has some quite fascinating notes by A. J. Festugiere.
The Oneirocriticon of Achmet: a Medieval Greek and Arabic Treatise
on the Interpretation of Dreams ( transl. and ed. Steven Oberhelman,
TTU Press, 1991.)
Somniale Danielis: An edition of a Medieval Latin Dream
Interpretation Handbook.
ed. Lawrence T. Martin, Frankfurt am Mein: P.D. Lang 1981. in
Europaisches Hochschule Schriften, Reihe I, Deutsche Sprache und
Literatur, Bd. 375.
Also, as source references:
Kruger, Steven F. Dreaming in the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1pp2. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, 14.
Lynch, Kathryn. High Medieval Dream Vision: Poetry,Philosophy,and
Literary Form.
Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1988.
The sources and literature on Greek and Arabic "Dream Books" may
also be of interest to you. If they are, I will send those on to you.
Hope this helps.
Josef Gulka
>To Josef and others who might be able to help. I am not familiar with these
>"dream books" and as an art-historian, I should be. Can someone post any
>relevant bibliography? Many thanks, Sharon
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>From: Graham Williamson-Mallaghan <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 7:15 AM
>Subject: Re: Colour Symbolism at Dante's Banquet
>
>
> > Josef
> >
> > A salutory admonition!
> > Caveat Lector indeed!
> >
> > I expect that Dante utlised the 'colour code' most
> > applicable to his purpose. Dream books seem like the sort
> > of material our Florentine poet-turned-philosopher would
> > have rated as sources!
> >
> > Thanks for the bibliographical information!
> >
> > Graham.
> >
> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000 02:04:54 -0500 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >
> > > >Graham WM. worte:
> > > >What about a formalised 'mystic language of colours'? Would
> > > >Dante, connected by some with Alrchemy and Christian (and
> > > >not so Christian) mysticism have had access to a textbook
> > > >of colour symbolism, with meanings fixed by convention?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Graham:
> > > Caveat lector: Just speculating! As to the possible sources
> > > of "codification" for colours or colour symbolism,many of the
> > > Onomastica Sacra attached to Medieval Bibles fill by a kind of
> > > reverse analogical "etymology" certain colours with rather specific
> > > associations. These could feed into a commonly accepted convention or
> > > related set of conventions.
> > > Likewise, the Late Antique and Medieval "dream-books" (
> > > Oneirocritica), Greek, Arabic and Latin( particularly popular in
> > > Italy), often contain quite specific colour decodings. These too
> > > could feed into fixing of meanings.
> > >
> > > > Josef Gulka
> > >
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