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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Called 'perhaps the most widely used schoolbook of the Middle Ages' by H. O. Taylor, the De nuptiis is 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. Basic to understanding Medieval allegory as well as the curriculum of Medieval education. -- Joan M. Ferrante Columbia University
Called 'perhaps the most widely used schoolbook of the Middle Ages' by H. O. Taylor, the De nuptiis is 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. Basic to understanding Medieval allegory as well as the curriculum of Medieval education. -- Joan M. Ferrante Columbia University --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Called 'perhaps the most widely used schoolbook of the Middle Ages' by H. O. Taylor, the De nuptiis is 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. Basic to understanding Medieval allegory as well as the curriculum of Medieval education. -- Joan M. Ferrante Columbia University --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin
Original Language: Latin
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[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. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
celestial senate, highest tetrachord, evidential proposition, conjunct tetrachord, disjunct tetrachord, extended tone, enharmonic genus, cubic number, lofty stars, first person singular present indicative, ablative singular, leading premise, third conjugation, summer tropic, particular affirmative, universal affirmative, ablative plural, celestial circles, winter tropic, greatest common measure, something honorable, genitive plural, qualitative issue, neuter nouns, genitive singular Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vergil Aeneid, Euclid Elements, Apuleius Metamorphoses, Macrobius Commentary, Ovid Metamorphoses, New York, Ursa Major, Aquila Romanus, Augustine City of God, Black Sea, Macrobius Saturnalia, Quintilian Institutiones Oratoriae, Vergil Georgics, Aristides Quintilianus, Cicero In Catilinam, Cicero Pro Milone, Euclid's Elements, Translating Dick, Arnobius Adversus, Milky Way, Pliny Natural History, Rhipaean Mountains, Sea of Azov, Caspian Sea, Dream of Scipio New!
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[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. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
celestial senate, highest tetrachord, evidential proposition, conjunct tetrachord, disjunct tetrachord, extended tone, enharmonic genus, cubic number, lofty stars, first person singular present indicative, ablative singular, leading premise, third conjugation, summer tropic, particular affirmative, universal affirmative, ablative plural, celestial circles, winter tropic, greatest common measure, something honorable, genitive plural, qualitative issue, neuter nouns, genitive singular Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vergil Aeneid, Euclid Elements, Apuleius Metamorphoses, Macrobius Commentary, Ovid Metamorphoses, New York, Ursa Major, Aquila Romanus, Augustine City of God, Black Sea, Macrobius Saturnalia, Quintilian Institutiones Oratoriae, Vergil Georgics, Aristides Quintilianus, Cicero In Catilinam, Cicero Pro Milone, Euclid's Elements, Translating Dick, Arnobius Adversus, Milky Way, Pliny Natural History, Rhipaean Mountains, Sea of Azov, Caspian Sea, Dream of Scipio New!
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