The Marriage of Philology and Mercury

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Marriage_of_Philology_and_Mercury
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gptkbp:instanceOf allegorical work
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:De_nuptiis_Philologiae_et_Mercurii
gptkbp:author gptkb:Martianus_Capella
gptkbp:booksTwoToNine exposition of the seven liberal arts
gptkbp:contains personifications of the liberal arts
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkbp:dateWritten 5th century
gptkbp:firstBook courtship of Mercury and Philology
gptkbp:genre encyclopedic allegory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Marriage of Philology and Mercury
gptkbp:influenced medieval education
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:classical_mythology
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Mercury
gptkb:Philology
gptkbp:notableFor systematizing the liberal arts
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:preservedIn medieval manuscripts
gptkbp:setting mythological allegory
gptkbp:significance major source for medieval curriculum
gptkbp:structure nine books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Seven_Liberal_Arts
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:De_nuptiis_Philologiae_et_Mercurii
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7