Dilwyn Knox

University College London, School of European Languages, Faculty Member

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Ironia. Medieval and Renaissance Ideas of Irony

Brill: Leiden, 1989

A discussion of medieval and Renaissance irony based on primary sources. Borrowable at Internet A... more

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Philoponus' Contribution to Copernicus' Doctrine of Gravity

The Reception of John Philoponus' Natural Philosophy, 2024

Some additional thoughts on Copernicus's possible use of the entry in the Suda on kinesis, which ... more

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Giordano Bruno

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2024

A substantially revised version of my entry 'Giordano Bruno'' for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Ph... more

Knox, Erasmus's De civilitate and the Religious Origins of Civility in Protestant Europe

Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, 1995

The paper shows that a) Erasmus's treatise De civilitate was widely adopted in Protestant Latin s... more The paper shows that a) Erasmus's treatise De civilitate was widely adopted in Protestant Latin schools during the sixteenth century; b) that the ideals that it espoused conformed to a well-established tradition in religious, clerical and secular eduction; and c) that the ideal of rational bodily conduct suited the ideals of Reformation education.

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The world soul and individual souls - Two notes on Giordano Bruno’s Lampas triginta statuarum

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Review of Victoria Kahn, Prudence, Rhetoric and Skepticism in the Renaissance

Times literary supplement, TLS, 1986

Bruno: Immanence and Transcendence in De la causa, principio et uno, Dialogue ii

A detailed discussion of the philosophical ideas and context of Giordano Bruno's argument in ... more

Civility, courtesy and women in the Italian Renaissance

‘Giovanni Bonifacio’s L’arte de’ cenni and Renaissance Ideas of Gesture’

Franco Cosimo Panini eBooks, 1996

'Giovanni Bonifacio's L'arte de' cenni and Renaissance Ideas of Gesture'... more 'Giovanni Bonifacio's L'arte de' cenni and Renaissance Ideas of Gesture'. ... Knox, D (1996) 'Giovanni Bonifacio's L'arte de' cenni and Renaissance Ideas of Gesture'. In: Tavoni, M, (ed.) Italia ed Europa nella Linguistica del Rinascimento. Confronti e Relazioni, Atti del ...

Entries to 'Borromeo, St Carlo' and 'Robortello, Francesco', in: The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature, eds Peter Hainsworth and David Robey

Late Medieval and Renaissance Ideas on Gesture

Ironia: Medieval and Renaissance Ideas on Irony

The publication of this work was aided by the Stanwood Cockey Lodge Foundation Publications in th... more

Massimo Danzi. La biblioteca del Cardinal Pietro Bembo. Travaux d’Humanisme et Renaissance 399. Geneva : Librairie Droz S. A., 2005. 470 pp. index. append. illus. bibl. CHF 132. ISBN: 2-600-00924-8

Renaissance Quarterly, 2007

script that preserves the identified recollecte are considered by the editor to have a similar Po... more script that preserves the identified recollecte are considered by the editor to have a similar Pontanian provenance. These texts open a revealing window onto the inner workings of humanist schools in mid-fifteenth-century Italy. In the first place, they show that a humanist master such as Pontano was concerned, above all else, with teaching philology, both in the narrow sense of Latin lexicography, orthography, etymology, and pronunciation; and in the wider meaning of exegesis and historical, mythological, antiquarian, ethnological, and geographical context. Morals — albeit an overriding concern of Pontano’s in his many dialogues and treatises — make no appearance here. As far as sources are concerned, Pontano relied heavily on genuinely ancient commentators such as Servius; despite his polemics against barbarous medieval grammarians, he nevertheless made extensive use of medieval authorities such as Isidore of Seville, Papias, Hugutio, and Giovanni Balbi too. In the classroom, Pontano was no purist, even employing the non-classical formula Nota quod, beloved of medieval grammarians such as Bene da Firenze and Giovanni da Soncino. Pontano emerges, like other humanist pedagogues such as Guarino and Perotti, as a pragmatist: he adjusted the level of his teaching to the often limited knowledge and capacities of his pupils. Particularly notable in this regard is his recourse to the vernacular to provide explanations of, and synonyms for, rare or difficult Latin words; the volgare here has Southern Italian characteristics, further suggesting the extent to which Pontano (Umbrian by birth and early education) adapted his teaching practices to the needs of his Neapolitan pupils. Pontano’s lessons provided the same kind of hybrid menu — drawing as he did on classical Greek and Latin as well as late ancient, early Christian, and medieval sources — that typified the education offered up by other fifteenth-century Italian pedagogues. Giuseppe Germano and Antonietta Iacono have provided much new material for students of Italian humanism and particularly for historians of school education in fifteenth-century Italy. Their studies, editions, and commentaries are prepared with careful attention to detail and with commendable philological rigor. ROBERT BLACK University of Leeds

Pseudo-Aristoteles Latinus: A Guide to Latin Works Falsely Attributed to Aristotle Before 1500

The inclusion of a plate or two from M or some description of the hand in which M was written wou... more The inclusion of a plate or two from M or some description of the hand in which M was written would have been helpful. Even more helpful would have been the inclusion of an index of names or works cited by page or verse numbers. Such an index could greatly increase the value of the numerous references used by Perry. Although I have not been able to check Perry's transcription against the original, I would expect it to be exact given Perry's overall careful presentation of crossreferences. In conclusion, Perry is to be commended for his edition. My curiosity has been sparked by the editor's insightful commentary, and I look forward to the promised companion volume with great anticipation. The Hispanic Seminary should also be commended on this work. Both author and publisher have made an important contribution to the field.

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Copernicus's Doctrine of Gravity and the Natural Circular Motion of the Elements

Journal of The Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 2005

... 166 COPERNICUS ON GRAVITY Figure 2. Peter Apiary Cosmographicus liber, Nuremberg 1524, p. 6. ... more

Plato in the Italian Renaissance

The American Historical Review, Dec 1, 1992

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Christian Plain Style: The Evolution of a Spiritual Ideal

The Sixteenth century journal, 1996

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Erasmus’ De Civilitate and the Religious Origins of Civility in Protestant Europe

Archive for Reformation History, Dec 1, 1995

Your manners are so boorish that you seem to me to have been bred in a sty rather than a court. R... more Your manners are so boorish that you seem to me to have been bred in a sty rather than a court. Respectable boys should have respectable manners. Look, when addressed by someone to whom you should show respect, stand still and hold your body erect. Take off your cap. Don't scowl or wear a sullen look on your face. Don't look insolent, cocky or excitable. Instead

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Leon Battista Alberti. Dinner Pieces. A Translation of thelntercenales, by David Marsh. (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, vol. 45; The Renaissance Society of America, Renaissance Texts Series, vol. 9.) Binghamton, N. Y., 1987. ix + 268 pp. $20.00

Renaissance Quarterly, 1989

Ficino, Copernicus and Bruno on the Motion of the Earth

Ironia. Medieval and Renaissance Ideas of Irony

Brill: Leiden, 1989

A discussion of medieval and Renaissance irony based on primary sources. Borrowable at Internet A... more

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Philoponus' Contribution to Copernicus' Doctrine of Gravity

The Reception of John Philoponus' Natural Philosophy, 2024

Some additional thoughts on Copernicus's possible use of the entry in the Suda on kinesis, which ... more

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Giordano Bruno

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2024

A substantially revised version of my entry 'Giordano Bruno'' for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Ph... more

Knox, Erasmus's De civilitate and the Religious Origins of Civility in Protestant Europe

Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, 1995

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The world soul and individual souls - Two notes on Giordano Bruno’s Lampas triginta statuarum

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Review of Victoria Kahn, Prudence, Rhetoric and Skepticism in the Renaissance

Times literary supplement, TLS, 1986

Bruno: Immanence and Transcendence in De la causa, principio et uno, Dialogue ii

A detailed discussion of the philosophical ideas and context of Giordano Bruno's argument in ... more

Civility, courtesy and women in the Italian Renaissance

‘Giovanni Bonifacio’s L’arte de’ cenni and Renaissance Ideas of Gesture’

Franco Cosimo Panini eBooks, 1996

Entries to 'Borromeo, St Carlo' and 'Robortello, Francesco', in: The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature, eds Peter Hainsworth and David Robey

Late Medieval and Renaissance Ideas on Gesture

Ironia: Medieval and Renaissance Ideas on Irony

The publication of this work was aided by the Stanwood Cockey Lodge Foundation Publications in th... more

Massimo Danzi. La biblioteca del Cardinal Pietro Bembo. Travaux d’Humanisme et Renaissance 399. Geneva : Librairie Droz S. A., 2005. 470 pp. index. append. illus. bibl. CHF 132. ISBN: 2-600-00924-8

Renaissance Quarterly, 2007

Pseudo-Aristoteles Latinus: A Guide to Latin Works Falsely Attributed to Aristotle Before 1500

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Copernicus's Doctrine of Gravity and the Natural Circular Motion of the Elements

Journal of The Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 2005

... 166 COPERNICUS ON GRAVITY Figure 2. Peter Apiary Cosmographicus liber, Nuremberg 1524, p. 6. ... more

Plato in the Italian Renaissance

The American Historical Review, Dec 1, 1992

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Christian Plain Style: The Evolution of a Spiritual Ideal

The Sixteenth century journal, 1996

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Erasmus’ De Civilitate and the Religious Origins of Civility in Protestant Europe

Archive for Reformation History, Dec 1, 1995

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Renaissance Quarterly, 1989

Ficino, Copernicus and Bruno on the Motion of the Earth

Convegno "Giordano Bruno, De immenso et innumerabilibus. Letture critiche". Barcellona, 19-20 Aprile 2018.

by Dario Tessicini, Miguel A. Granada, Valentina Lepri, Elena Nicoli, Barbara Amato, and Dilwyn Knox

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Traversino Di Cristo (ed.) Giordano Bruno Law Philosophy and Theology in the Early Modern Era (2021)

by Massimiliano Traversino Di Cristo, Raffaele Carbone, Raffaele Ruggiero, Miguel A. Granada, Paul Richard Blum, Dilwyn Knox, Hilary Gatti, and Jean-Paul De Lucca

This volume includes some of the papers from the second and third instalments of the series Festi... more This volume includes some of the papers from the second and third instalments of the series Festival Bruniano, held in Geneva in 2015 and in Tours and Wittenberg in 2018, respectively. By picking up the baton from the inaugural edition of 2014 and the two preparatory colloquia that preceded it in 2013, this volume aims to discuss Giordano Bruno’s contribution to sixteenth-century ideas by focusing on some theological, moral, and legal-political aspects of his philosophy. Starting from a re-evaluation of Christianity after Luther’s Reformation, the four sections of this volume pay special, but not exclusive, attention to Bruno’s later philosophical teaching, including his Wittenberg period and the ‘Frankfurt trilogy’.

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Giordano Bruno, De immenso. Letture critiche, a cura di M.A. Granada e D. Tessicini, F. Serra editore, Pisa-Roma, 2020, pp. 300

by Dario Tessicini, Miguel A. Granada, Valentina Lepri, Dilwyn Knox, Antonella Del Prete, and Elena Nicoli

Il De immenso viene composto, in otto libri, nel 1583, in Inghilterra, e poi pubblicato a Francof... more Il De immenso viene composto, in otto libri, nel 1583, in Inghilterra, e poi pubblicato a Francoforte nel 1591. Insieme al De triplici minimo e al De monade esso fa parte di una trilogia dedicata al duca Enrico Giulio di Braunschweig e Lüneburg. Nonostante una ricca bibliografia critica, ampiamente descritta nell’introduzione del volume, mancava fino ad oggi uno studio dedicato interamente al De immenso, nel quale si offrisse una presentazione integrale del contenuto dei singoli libri tenendo sempre presente il contesto intellettuale europeo al quale Bruno risponde e con il quale si confronta. Con questo obiettivo si è tenuto a Barcellona, nell’aprile del 2018, il convegno internazionale «Giordano Bruno, De immenso et innumerabilibus. Letture critiche», dove l’esame degli otto libri dell’opera è stato accompagnato da interventi su aspetti generali del poema. Se ne presentano qui i risultati, nella speranza di offrire agli studiosi una sorta di ‘guida’ alla lettura del De immenso che possa contribuire alla più ampia attenzione, da parte di curiosi e di specialisti, verso questa opera così importante del pensiero bruniano.

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