Historische Semantik: Visuelle Weltaneignung : Astronomische Und Kosmologische Diagramme in Handschriften Des Mittelalters (Series #11) (Hardcover)

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteat Hamburg, 2006. This study of astronomical and cosmological diagrams from the High and early Late Middle Ages shows that the form of the diagram not only generated a specific meaning but also conveyed the nature and scope of contemporary knowledge about the cosmos. German text.