Martianus Capella
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Martianus Minneus Felix Capella was a jurist, polymath and Latin prose writer of late antiquity, one of the earliest developers of the system of the seven liberal arts that structured early medieval e
Grammar teaching, from a 10th-century manuscript of De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii
Musica, illustration by Gherardo di Giovanni del Fora (15th century)
Naboth's representation of Martianus Capella's geo-heliocentric astronomical model (1573)
Retorica, illustration by Gherardo di Giovanni del Fora (15th century)
Macrobius
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Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, usually referred to as Macrobius, was a Roman provincial who lived during the early fifth century, during late antiquity, the period of time corresponding to the later
Martianus Capella
…presents philosophical views based on Neoplatonism, the Platonic school of philosophy pioneered by Plotinus and his followers. Like his near-contemporary Macrobius, who also produced a major work on classical Roman religion, Martianus never directly identifies his own religious affiliation. Much of his work occurs…
Macrobius presenting his work to his son Eustachius. From an 1100 copy of Macrobius' "Commentary on the «Dream of Scipio»".
Early printed edition of Macrobius's In Somnium Scipionis and Saturnaliorum
Initial E shaped in the form of a writing man, probably representing Macrobius himself
The Universe, the Earth in the centre, surrounded by the classical planets, including the sun and the moon, within the zodiacal signs