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For most medieval scholars, who believed that God created the universe according to geometric and harmonic principles, science—particularly geometry a
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.[citation needed]
Woman teaching how to construct geometric shapes. Illustration at the beginning of a medieval translation of Euclid's Elements, (c. 1310)
Woman teaching how to construct geometric shapes. Illustration at the beginning of a medieval translation of Euclid's Elements, (c. 1310)
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Allegory of Grammar and Logic/Dialectic. Perugia, Fontana Maggiore.
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
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.