The Berlin Commentary on Martianus Capella's De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii Book I : With the Assistance of C. Vester /
The Berlin Commentary on Martianus Capella's De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii Book I : With the Assistance of C. Vester /
With the Assistance of C. Vester
edited by Haijo Jan Westra.
- 1 online resource.
- Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; 20 Mittellateinische Studien und Texte Online .
- Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; 20. Mittellateinische Studien und Texte Online. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- Prolegomena to the Edition of Post-Carolingian -- Commentaries on Martianus Capella's De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, Books I-II -- Notes on the Text, Author, Date and Place of the Commentary -- Abbreviations -- The Commentary -- Index.
This critical edition presents the only complete, later medieval Latin commentary on the first two books of Martianus Capella's influential handbook of the Seven Liberal Arts. Using his allegorical interpretation of the programmatic marriage of Mercury (eloquence) and Philology (learning) as a speculative, proto-scientific method of inquiry, the commentator provides encyclopedic coverage of medieval philosophy, theology, science, myth, language, literature and education. Intellectually the author is still connected with early scholasticism and the "School of Chartres," being more sympathetic to Neoplatonism than to the newly arrived Aristotelianism. He is particularly interested in the role of good works which he sees revealed sub integumento in the function of Iuno in the Capitoline trinity. The commentary seems to have been designed with a reading audience and a reference in mind. The present edition has been keyed to Dick's as well as Willis' editions of Martianus Capella.
Latin.
9789004450936 9789004101708
10.1163/9789004450936 DOI
Allegory.
Knowledge and erudition in literature.
Learning and scholarship in literature.
PA6511.M3
001
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- Prolegomena to the Edition of Post-Carolingian -- Commentaries on Martianus Capella's De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, Books I-II -- Notes on the Text, Author, Date and Place of the Commentary -- Abbreviations -- The Commentary -- Index.
This critical edition presents the only complete, later medieval Latin commentary on the first two books of Martianus Capella's influential handbook of the Seven Liberal Arts. Using his allegorical interpretation of the programmatic marriage of Mercury (eloquence) and Philology (learning) as a speculative, proto-scientific method of inquiry, the commentator provides encyclopedic coverage of medieval philosophy, theology, science, myth, language, literature and education. Intellectually the author is still connected with early scholasticism and the "School of Chartres," being more sympathetic to Neoplatonism than to the newly arrived Aristotelianism. He is particularly interested in the role of good works which he sees revealed sub integumento in the function of Iuno in the Capitoline trinity. The commentary seems to have been designed with a reading audience and a reference in mind. The present edition has been keyed to Dick's as well as Willis' editions of Martianus Capella.
Latin.
9789004450936 9789004101708
10.1163/9789004450936 DOI
Allegory.
Knowledge and erudition in literature.
Learning and scholarship in literature.
PA6511.M3
001