ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUADRIVIUM
From Medieval Latin, from Latin: crossroads, meeting of four ways, from quadri- + via way.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUADRIVIUM»
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quadrivium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
quadrivium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quadrivium: The Four Classical Liberal Arts of Number, ...
Number, music, and geometry are metaphysical truths: life across the universe investigates them; they foreshadow the physical sciences. Quadrivium is the first volume to bring together these four subjects in many hundreds of years.
Miranda Lundy, Anthony Ashton, Dr. Jason Martineau, 2010
2
Quadrivium: Number Geometry Music Heaven
Composed of six previously published works.
3
Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century
The very title of this chapter provokes doubt: development, transformation, ... or
the beginning of the death throes of the quadrivium? The last formulation may
seem paradoxical, when one ponders the fascinating representation of the liberal
...
Robert Louis Benson, Giles Constable, Carol Dana Lanham, 1991
4
Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts
Because the texts of Latin science are more abundant from the early Middle Ages
than from the classical period, greater attention must be paid than heretofore to
the medieval texts in order to reconstruct Roman science. The quadrivium books
...
William Harris Stahl, 1971
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Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia
of the quadrivium, in which arithmetic and geometry dealt with discrete and
continuous quantity, respectively, and music and astronomy considered those
genera of quantity as they were seen in proportion and in the motions of the
heavens.
Thomas F. Glick, Steven John Livesey, Faith Wallis, 2005
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Pedagogy, Symbolic Control, and Identity: Theory, Research, ...
In the medieval university, we find the first fracturing, the first dislocation, the first
classification of orders of knowledge in the relationship between the trivium and
the quadrivium. It was the case, of course, that not all medieval universities had ...
7
The Philosophers' Game: Rithmomachia in Medieval and ...
The quadrivium faced competition in the curriculum in more direct ways, as
Aristotelian natural philosophy introduced entirely new (if perhaps related)
subjects of study and offered, by their very presence, a challenge to the claims
made by ...
Ann Elizabeth Moyer, William Fulke, 2001
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The Structuring of Pedagogic Discourse
Thus it might be argued that the Trivium provided the integrated discursive basis
for mechanical solidarity, whereas the differently specialized and discrete
discourses of the Quadrivium pointed to the discursive base of organic solidarity.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The quadrivium comprised the four subjects, or arts, taught in medieval universities after the trivium.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
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Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication from ...
This amalgamation is particularly apparent in the case of educational curricula, of
which the Quadrivium is generally acknowledged as being similar to a
contemporary Master's Degree (Corbett 603). Taken in conjunction with the
disciplines ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUADRIVIUM»
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quadrivium is used in the context of the following news items.
Hill School in Pottstown receives $5 million for technology center
Shirley's gift will primarily support the design and construction of the Quadrivium Center. The facility is expected to cost $25 million and will be designed by ... «Reading Eagle, Jul 15»
Hill School gets $5 million from Microsoft alum
According to that release, “Shirley's generous gift primarily will support the design and construction of the $25 million Quadrivium Center, the Hill's planned ... «The Mercury, Jul 15»
Da una scuola che informa ad una che forma: a Genova incontro …
Sabato 30 maggio la Consulta Regionale per la Scuola promuoverà presso la sala Quadrivium in piazza Santa Marta a Genova un convegno dal titolo: ... «SavonaNews.it, May 15»
PEP-Therapy Raises €1.3 Million in Seed Capital
This sum, invested by the Quadrivium 1 seed fund and a business angel, Dr Bernard Majoie, will enable PEP-Therapy to undertake regulatory development of its ... «Business Wire, Apr 15»
Stars share bill with Hubble, music at State Museum events
Eight days later, Quadrivium is an event born in the active mind of observatory manager Matthew Whitehouse, whose educational background has one foot in ... «The State, Apr 15»
Main Sequence's 'antsy' behaviour keeps Motion on his toes as …
Part of that may be down to his travelling companion, Quadrivium, who has been his permanent shadow. Quadrivium will take his turn on Saturday in the G2 ... «Thoroughbred Racing Commentary, Mar 15»
Dubai World Cup card attracts amazing group of equine talent
Trainer Motion is returning to Dubai two years after winning the Dubai World Cup with Animal Kingdom, and the trainer is also hoping to run Quadrivium in the ... «FOXSports.com, Mar 15»
Shepherding Virtuous Wolves
The Hellenistic Greek model consisted of the Quadrivium (the four scientific artes of music, arithmetic, geometry and astronomy) and the Trivium (the three ... «Harvard Political Review, Feb 15»
An Heir to a Media Empire. And Now An Environmental Funder, Too
The son of Rupert Murdoch might not be who you'd expect to emerge as a big environmental philanthropist, but his and his wife's budding Quadrivium ... «Inside Philanthropy, Jan 15»
Rupert Murdoch and Philanthropy: Will a Legendary "Scrooge …
... and may well be driving much of the couple's philanthropy, started the Quadrivium Foundation with an initial endowment of $10 million. The organization has ... «Inside Philanthropy, Dec 14»
