Chapter Four. Martianus Capella’s Synopsis Of Astronomy In The Marriage Of Philology And Mercury And Its Major Carolingian Commentaries
Bruce S. Eastwood
When John the Scot wrote his commentary on nine books of Martianus Capella’s De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (The Marriage Philology and Mercury) astronomy had come to be leading authority in its discipline. Capella divided astronomia into two large sections almost equal length, treating first celestial framework fixed stars secondly seven planets. The planets clearly provided more lemmata than did Carolingian studies Capellan astronomy. began description individual with Moon, a body that interested both him commentators even circled Sun. dealt bounded elongation Mercury Venus earlier Book 8, here he paid attention variety their phenomena, which solar was only one part.Keywords: astronomy; commentators; Capella; Moon; planets; Sun; Mercury;
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