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- Title
Gnostische und andere Bilderbücher in der Antike.
- Authors
Markschies, Christoph
- Abstract
The article tries to contextualize the so called "diagram of the Ophites" in the history of scientifi c book illustration in Antiquity. This kind of illustration (δɩαγραμματα) could not only found in different literary genres, but also 'diagrams' here used in different contexts of teaching (πíνακες), for example in the Platonic Academy at Athens. Other Gnostic diagrams like the famous illustrations of the "First Book of Jeû" in the Oxford Brucianus should also be compared with scientific diagrams like the δɩαγραμματα in the commentary on the Timaeus of Calcidius. The 'scientific level' of such attempts of Christians to reach standards of their time was in some parts more or less low, as can be seen on the famous illustrations of the Christian Topography of Cosmas Indigopleustes compared with John Philoponus. Perhaps it is possible also to interpret Mani's "picture-book" (εἰκών) within this framework.
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity, 2005, Vol 9, Issue 1, p100
- ISSN
0949-9571
- Publication type
Article