the devil or god and detail/s again

[William Ryan]

The distinguished culture historian Aby Warburg (d. 1929) certainly adopted
the maxim: 'Der liebe Gott steckt im Detail', probably in the early years of
this century, but there is as yet no consensus on the ultimate origin. For
the very latest (complicated) opinion on the matter see G. Mastroianni, 'Il
buon Dio di Aby Warburg' in "Belfagor", 55(iv), 2000, pp. 413-42.

Will Ryan, Librarian, Warburg Institute



Katie Costello wrote:

> I am making a final appeal to anyone who may know the origin and original
> language of the phrase. There were some replies, but I'm sure this saying
> goes back much further than the last century.
>
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
>
> Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at
> http://profiles.msn.com.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
>   options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
>                 http://members.home.net/lists/seelangs/
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Professor W. F. Ryan, MA DPhil FBA FSA
Librarian, Warburg Institute
(School of Advanced Study, University of London)
Woburn Square, LONDON WC1H 0AB
tel: 020 7862-8940 [direct line]; from outside UK dial +44 20 7862 8940.
fax: 020 7862-8939; from outside UK dial +44 20 7862 8939.
The Warburg Institute's main switchboard number is 020 7862-8949
The Warburg website is at http://www.sas.ac.uk/warburg/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                http://members.home.net/lists/seelangs/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------