Theophilus Presbyter - Works

Works

  • De diversis artibus or Schedula diversarum artium (in three books, date controversial but ca. 1125)

Two editions of Theophilus's work with English translations:

  • Dodwell, C.R. The Various Arts. De Diversis Artibus. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961, reprinted 1986
  • Hendrie R. An Essay upon Various Arts in three Books by Theophilus called also Rugerus. London, 1847, 1961

A good English translation:

  • Hawthorne, J.G. and C.S. Smith Theophilus: On Divers Arts. University of Chicago Press, 1963; reprinted New York: Dover Publications 1979; ISBN 0-486-23784-2

Reference in English:

  • White, Lynn Theophilus redivivus. Technology and Culture 5, 1964, 224-233; reprinted in Medieval Religion and Technology, University of California Press, 1978.

The following references are in German:

  • Brepohl, E. Theophilus Presbyter und das mittelalterliche Kunsthandwerk. Cologne, 1999 (2 volumes).
  • Freise, E. "Roger von Helmarshausen in seiner monastischen Umwelt". In Frühmittelalterliche Studien, 15, 1981.
  • Ilg, A. (Editor). "Theophilus Presbyter. Schedula diversarum artium". In Quellenschriften für Kunstgeschichte, volume 7. Vienna, 1874.
  • Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. Vom Alter der Ölmalerey aus dem Theophilus Presbyter. Berlin, 1774.
  • Theobald, W. Technik des Kunsthandwerks im 10. Jh. Des T. Schedula Diversarum Artium, Berlin, 1933, 1953 and 1983 (includes translations and explanations of sections of the work).

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