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‖ theatrum mundi|teɪˈɑːtrəm ˈmʊndiː|
[L., = theatre of the world.]
The theatre thought of as a presentation of all aspects of human life; spec. (see quot. 1932).
1566J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau (title) Theatrum Mundi, the Theatre or rule of the world, wherein may be sene the running race and course of everye mans life, as touching miserie and felicity, wherein is contained wonderfull examples, learned devices, to the overthrow of vice, and exalting of vertue. 1932J. Nicoll tr. von Boehn's Dolls & Puppets ii. i. 261 Gottfried Hautsch, who died in 1703,..constructed in Nürnberg a mechanical automaton with many figures, which was nicknamed his ‘little world’. This is a kind of automaton which, to distinguish it from the others, is technically indicated by the term theatrum mundi. The theatrum mundi for centuries provided the traditional afterpiece of the wandering marionette theatres; by means of small movable figues running on rails it showed a diversity of scenes. 1953W. R. Trask tr. Curtius's European Lit. & Lat. Middle Ages vii. 140 A theatrum mundi, then, with men as actors, Fortune as the stage director, and Heaven as spectator. 1966H. B. Hawkins in Shakespeare Q. XVII. 174 The idea of the theatrum mundi was widely known in the Renaissance, and a number of themes..came to be associated with this concept. The idea that the world itself was God's theater gave cosmic significance to the contemporary stage. 1967Listener 8 June 744/1 Television offers an almost Elizabethan comprehension of the world; it is the new theatrum mundi. 1979C. E. Schorske Fin-de-Siècle Vienna v. 227 Klimt..presents the world to us as if we were viewing it from the pit, a theatrum mundi in the Baroque tradition... The Baroque theatrum mundi was clearly stratified into Heaven, Earth, and Hell. |