This bibliography is organized into five sub-areas: (I) a section of general studies, (II-IV) a section for each of the three main figures (Alfarabi, Avicenna, & Averroës), and (V) a section of studies on historiography and influence.
Processes of compiling are of great importance for medieval production aesthetics. This pertains to the selective and restructuring incorporation of ancient culture into medieval thinking as well as to... more
Processes of compiling are of great importance for medieval production aesthetics. This pertains to the selective and restructuring incorporation of ancient culture into medieval thinking as well as to contemporary forms of textualisation which generate knowledge-based just as fictional literature. The discourse of ‘com-pilatio’, however, yet failed to be acknowledged as a creative process that is equal to ‘descriptio’ or ‘rewriting’. This paper aims at systematically bringing together the previous reflections of research on ‘compilatio’ by drawing essential lines of devel-opment in order to open up possible chances for further research. In doing so, it is emphasised that the focus should be on the processual dimension of compiling. The creativity of ‘compilatio’ becomes truly visible once the effects of emergence are revealed, which come to light through the recontextualisation of given material.
After a brief introductory section, this paper offers a Slovak translation of thirteen stanzas (laisses) from La Chanson de Guillaume, a 12th-century heroic epic, accompanied by detailed footnotes.
