Medieval number symbolism
Hopper, Vincent F. 1906-1976
Medieval number symbolism : its sources, meaning, and influence on thought and expression / Vincent Foster Hopper. - Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2000. - xii, 241p.; 22 cm.
Originally published: New York : Columbia University, 1938, in series: Columbia University studies in English and comparative literature.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-232) and index.
1 Elementary number symbolism. -- 2 The astrological numbers. -- 3 Pythagorean number theory. -- 4 The Gnostics. -- 5 The early Christian writers. -- 6 Medieval number philosophy. -- 7 The beauty of order-Dante. -- Appendix: Number symbols of Northern paganism
'For Dante and other people in the Middle Ages, numbers had a different set of connotations than they do for moderns. The symbolism of numbers was both widespread and profoundly ingrained in the culture....'
Paperback
0486414302
00043029
Civilization, Medieval
Symbolism of numbers
Mysticism--Middle Ages
BF1623.P9 H53 2000
Medieval number symbolism : its sources, meaning, and influence on thought and expression / Vincent Foster Hopper. - Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2000. - xii, 241p.; 22 cm.
Originally published: New York : Columbia University, 1938, in series: Columbia University studies in English and comparative literature.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-232) and index.
1 Elementary number symbolism. -- 2 The astrological numbers. -- 3 Pythagorean number theory. -- 4 The Gnostics. -- 5 The early Christian writers. -- 6 Medieval number philosophy. -- 7 The beauty of order-Dante. -- Appendix: Number symbols of Northern paganism
'For Dante and other people in the Middle Ages, numbers had a different set of connotations than they do for moderns. The symbolism of numbers was both widespread and profoundly ingrained in the culture....'
Paperback
0486414302
00043029
Civilization, Medieval
Symbolism of numbers
Mysticism--Middle Ages
BF1623.P9 H53 2000