CATEGORIES OF MEDIEVAL LTUKE A.J, GUREVICH ‘Translat sian "by Se eatabal ROUTLEDGE KEGAN PAUL Landa Boron, Mebowme and HenleyFirst published as Kategori srednevekovoi kulury, Moscow, i972 his dion irs published in 1985 by Routledge € Kegan Paul ple 14 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7PH, England, 9 Park Stret, Boston, Mass. 02108, USA, +464 $1 Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia, and Broadway House, Newtown Road, Henleyvon-Thames, Oxon RG9 IEN, England Set in Linotron Garamond by Ine Typeseing Le London W018 SDR by Billing € Sons Lid, Worcester This translation © Routledge & Kegan Paul 1985 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permision from the publsber, ancy forthe gucation of rie pata Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Gurevich, Avon IAkovlevich. Categories of Medieval culture. Translation of Kategort srednevekovo! kul’ ‘Includes bibliographical references and index, 1, Colizaton, Medieval. I. Title, CB351.G87131985' 909.07” 84-9906 British Library CIP data available ISBN 0-7100-9578-3 0 v vu CONTENTS Acknowledgments Author's note Addenda Notes Indes wd) 3 4a 93 153 a 27 313 318 319 38ILLUSTRATIONS age ‘The procession to Calvary and the Crucifixion * (Florentine, anon., ¢, 1460) 1 ‘The universe (from Liber Chronicaram, Schedel, 493) 25 Man as a microcosm of the world (from Hortus Delicigrum by Herrade von Landsperg) 4 Calendar (Florentine, anon., 1464-5) % ‘The king enthroned, Sir William Herbert and his wife kneel before him (from BM MS Roy 18 DI. £6, 3567) 153 Saturn (Florentine, anon., ¢. M4648) a ‘The Holy Mountain (from Monte Sancto di Deo, Florentine, anon., 1477) 27 (vi) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Extracts from Epil’ Saga, translated by Gwyn Jones (The American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, and ‘Twayne Publishers, Boston: 1970) (© 1960 by The American-Seandinavian Foundation), are reprinted by permission of The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Excerpts from The Elder Edda, translated by Paul B, Taylor and W. H. Auden (© Paul B. Taylor and W. H. Auden 1969), are reprinted By permission of Faber & Faber and Random House, Inc Excerpts from The Prose Edda of Snore Sturluson, translated by J. I. Young, are reprinted by permission of the University of California Pres. The illustrations are used by courtesy ofthe British ‘Museum, (ui