The Sibyl Series of the Fifteenth Century.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Sibyls of Greece and Rome -- Chapter 2 The Early Christian Era -- The Sibylline Oracles -- Lactantius -- St. Augustine -- The Influence of Virgil -- Chapter 3 The Middle Ages -- The Encyclopaedic Texts -- The Apocalpytic Texts -- The Pisano Sibyls -- Chapter 4 The Sibyls at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Century -- Chapter 5 The Cortina Sibyls -- Chapter 6 The Orsini Sibyls -- The Tradition of Wall Painting in the Palaces of Italy -- The New Canon of Twelve Sibyls -- The Camera Paramenti -- Chapter 7 The Manuscripts of the Orsini Series -- The Early Manuscripts: Zwölf Sibyllen Weissagungen -- Other Early Manuscripts -- Chapter 8 The Theme, Order and Attributes of the Fifteenth-Century Sibyl Series -- Chapter 9 The Sibyl Series Derived from the Orsini Frescos -- The Ferrara Sibyls -- Feo Belcari and the Rappresentazioni -- Baccio Baldini -- De Barberis -- Liber Chronicarum or the Nuremberg Chronicle -- Other Series -- Chapter 10 The Oracula Sibyllina of St. Gall -- Chapter 11 The Lactantius Versions of the Fifteenth-Century Sibyl Series -- The Tempio Malatestiano -- Ulm Cathedral -- Siena Cathedral -- The Oxford Paintings -- Chapter 12 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 The Texts and Origin of the Prophecies of the Orsini Sibyls -- Appendix 2 Pausanias: Description of Greece 10.12 -- Appendix 3 Clement of Alexandria: Stromata -- Appendix 4 The Sibyl's References to Christianity in the Divine Institutes of Lactantius -- Appendix 5 Table of the Order of the Sibyls -- Bibliography -- Index.

Raybould's The Sibyl Series of the Fifteenth Century examines the change that occurred in representations of the sibyls during the early Renaissance, representations intended to provide new witness by these pagan prophetesses to the universality of the Christian message.

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