Quadrivium
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The quadrivium is a pedogogical grouping of four historical mathematical arts—arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy— which was first taught in classical antiquity, and later revived in medieval E
For most medieval scholars, who believed that God created the universe according to geometric and harmonic principles, science—particularly geometry and astronomy—was linked directly to the divine. To seek these principles, therefore, would be to seek God.
Woman Teaching How to Construct Geometric Shapes. Illustration at the beginning of a medieval translation of Euclid's Elements (c. 1310)
Trivium
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The trivium is the lower division of the seven liberal arts and comprises grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
Quadrivium
…arts—arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy— which was first taught in classical antiquity, and later revived in medieval Europe. Together with the trivium, they make up the seven classic disciplines of the liberal arts education. Beginning with Petrarch in the 14th century, studia humanitatis and its…
Allegory of Grammar and Logic/Dialectic. Perugia, Fontana Maggiore.
Allegory of Grammar. Priscian on the left teaches Latin grammar to his students on the right. Relief by Luca della Robbia. Florence, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.