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These are the seven liberal arts; they appear, in due turn, in the seven following books of the work, each of which is devoted to one of the arts ; their order is exactly that which they later occupy in the trivium and quadrivium: i, Grammar; 2, Dialectic; 3, Rhetoric; 4, Geometry; 5, Arithmetic; 6, Astronomy; and 7, Harmony (that is to say Music).
After having given in each case a description of the whole exterior, that is to say of the physiognomy of expression, clothes and instruments, the a...uthor traces a symbolic and allegoric pic- 22 Later Roman Education • ture of the particular art; Mercury's young maidens then them- selves expound a summary idea of their science, in chapter form and in a style exceedingly dry. Here the author proceeds in a completely arbitrary way ; sometimes he is sparing of details, sometimes he lavishes them ; sometimes he omits whole branches of these arts. However, he preserves throughout the work the limits of his tale; not only does the public, composed of the gods, call upon the Arts to begin to speak, but even invites them to silence; also one finds some of these celestial hearers amusing themselves by making remarks after the lesson, and expressing in more or less lively terms the ennui that they have experienced ; in short, each tries to get in a quip.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
These are the seven liberal arts; they appear, in due turn, in the seven following books of the work, each of which is devoted to one of the arts ; their order is exactly that which they later occupy in the trivium and quadrivium: i, Grammar; 2, Dialectic; 3, Rhetoric; 4, Geometry; 5, Arithmetic; 6, Astronomy; and 7, Harmony (that is to say Music).
After having given in each case a description of the whole exterior, that is to say of the physiognomy of expression, clothes and instruments, the a...uthor traces a symbolic and allegoric pic- 22 Later Roman Education • ture of the particular art; Mercury's young maidens then them- selves expound a summary idea of their science, in chapter form and in a style exceedingly dry. Here the author proceeds in a completely arbitrary way ; sometimes he is sparing of details, sometimes he lavishes them ; sometimes he omits whole branches of these arts. However, he preserves throughout the work the limits of his tale; not only does the public, composed of the gods, call upon the Arts to begin to speak, but even invites them to silence; also one finds some of these celestial hearers amusing themselves by making remarks after the lesson, and expressing in more or less lively terms the ennui that they have experienced ; in short, each tries to get in a quip.
What to read after Later Roman Education in Ausonius, Capella And the Theodosian Code;?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Cole, Percival R. (Percival Richard), 1879-1948, Ed. And Tr to read onlineMoreLess
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