Harmony and the Music of the Spheres
Mariken Teeuwen
In the ninth century, Martianus Capella's De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, a late-antique encyclopedia of ancient learning on seven Liberal Arts, was read with scrupulous vigour by intellectual elite. Carolingian scholars produced wealth commentaries and glosses, which survived hidden in margins remarkably large number manuscripts. first part book, manuscript tradition oldest commentary is taken under scrutiny, reception knowledge subject music opened up analyzed. Its relevance for formation new, medieval theory evaluated. second part, relevant parts are edited basis eight ninth-century