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very difficult to adjust drawings to his theoretical statements." Instead of pictures
of everyday scenes he gives meditative references. Some features of his characteriza¬
tion may have served as models for some pictures, but his system of thinking was
the main ingredient that has influenced the European mind. To my best knowledge
in this direct and indirect way Barclay’s book is an unparalleled rich expression of
predecessors of the topic “the Image of the European Mind,” in other words an early
expression of “compréhension des peuples.” With his remarks on climate and geog¬
raphy, political system and commerce, education, and everyday life, Barclay is one
of the important forerunners of “comparative European studies.”'* His other works
have influenced European thinking for centuries. His Icon Animorum gathered less
attention; nevertheless it marks the place of the author in European characterology.
References
Becker Ph. A. 1903, Johann Barclay, 1582-1621, Zeitschrift für vergleichende Literaturgeschichte, Neue
Folge, Band XV, Berlin, pp. 33-118.
Brand A. (around 1700), Characterisierung der europäischen Völker, Wien.
Colignon A. 1906, Le Portrait des Esprits (Icon Animorum) de Jean Barclay, Nancy.
Dukas J. 1880, Etude bibliographique et littéraire sur le Satyricon de Jean Barclay, Paris.
Griéger P. 1961, La caractérologie ethnique. Approche et compréhension des peuples, Paris.
Lord Hailes (David Dalrymple) s. d., Sketch of the Life of John Barcklay, s. |.
Huxley J. S., Haddon A. C., Carr-Saunders A. M. 1939, We Europeans. A Survey of “Racial” Problems,
Harmondsworth.
Irving D. 1839, John Barclay [in:] Lives of Scottish Writers vol. 1, Edinburgh, pp. 371-384.
Schulze W. 1994, Die Entstehung des nationalen Vorurteils. Zur Kultur der Wahrnehmung fremder
Nationen in der europäischen Frühen Neuzeit |in:] Schulze W. (ed.) Sozialgeschichte. Alltagsgeschichte,
Mikro-Historie. Eine Diskussion, Göttingen, pp. 23-49.
13 "The re-editions or translations do not give pictures either—except for a common frontispiece.
M See one of the rare direct references to Barclay’s Icon Animorium, with very rich (and up to date)
references to the topic: Schulze 1994: 24.
15° See—among other publications—the bibliography by Dukas 1880.