Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts

Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts
By:William Harris Stahl,Richard Johnson,E. L. Burge
Published on 1992-06 by Columbia University Press

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.

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