Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts. Vol. 2: The marriage of Philology and Mercury

The Betrothal -- The Marriage -- Grammar -- Dialect -- Rhetoric -- Geometry -- Arithmetic -- Astronomy -- Harmony. Translated By William Harris Stahl And Richard Johnson, With E. L. Burge. Translation Of De Nuptiis Philologiae Et Mercurii. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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. v. 1. The quadrivium of Martianus Capella: Latin traditions in the mathematical sciences, 50 B.C.-A.D. 1250, by W. H. Stahl, with a study of the allegory and the verbal disciplines, by R. Johnson with E. L. Burge. By William Harris Stahl ; With A Study Of The Allegory And The Verbal Disciplines By Richard Johnson, With E. L. Burge. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. [1] Sacred principle of unity amongst the gods, on you I call; you are said to grace weddings with your song; it is said that a Muse was your mother.