Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts - The Marriage of Philology and Mercury

Informationen zum Autor William Harris Stahl Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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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• Authors: E. L. Burge, Richard Johnson, William H. Stahl, William H. Burge Stahl, William Harris Stahl, William Harris Johnson Stahl
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.07.1992
• EAN: 9780231096362
• ISBN: 978-0-231-09636-2
• No. of pages: 389
• Series: Records of Western Civilization Series; Records of Western Civilizatio; Records of Western Civilization Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries