Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts: The Quadrivium of Martianus Capella: Latin Traditions in the Mathematical Sciences

by William Harris Stahl and Richard Johnson

E. L. Burge (Secondary Author)

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Part of a detailed compendium of late-Roman learning in each of the seven liberal arts, set within an amusing mythological-allegorical tale of courtship and marriage among the pagan gods. The text provides an understanding of medieval allegory and the components of a medieval education.
  • ISBN10 0231096364
  • ISBN13 9780231096362
  • Publish Date 21 July 1992 (first published 10 June 1991)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Columbia University Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 389
  • Language English