Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts: Vol. II: The Marriage of Philology and Mercury - Paperback

by William Harris Stahl (Author), Richard Johnson (Author), E. L. Burge (With)

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.