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A classical courtyard filled with natural philosophers, scientists and artists. Engraving after S. Le Clerc.

A male and female warrior dispute over a child lying prone underneath; representing rhetoric. Etching by C. Schut.

A female figure with wings and a globe; representing astronomy. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.

An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

Figures with measuring instruments and a cannon; representing geometry and military science. Etching by C. Schut after himself.

A female figure playing a stringed instrument; representing music. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.

Different attributes and displays of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Engraving by Grignion after Le Clerc.

A female figure book keeping; representing arithmetic. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.

A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.

Marie de Medici dressed in warlike form as Minerva, goddess of arts. Engraving by J.B. Massé, 1708, after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.

Education and culture in the barbarian West, sixth through eighth centuries / by Pierre Riché ; translated from the 3d French edition by John J. Contreni ; with a foreword by Richard E. Sullivan.

Crossing boundaries at medieval universities / edited by Spencer E. Young.

Die Artes liberales in Antike und Mittelalter : Bildungs- und wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Entwicklungslinien / von Uta Lindgren.

University training in medieval Europe / by Alfonso Maierù ; translated and edited by D.N. Pryds.

The medieval universities : their development and organization / A.B. Cobban.

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Education and culture in the barbarian West, sixth through eighth centuries / by Pierre Riché ; translated from the 3d French edition by John J. Contreni ; with a foreword by Richard E. Sullivan.

Crossing boundaries at medieval universities / edited by Spencer E. Young.

Die Artes liberales in Antike und Mittelalter : Bildungs- und wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Entwicklungslinien / von Uta Lindgren.

University training in medieval Europe / by Alfonso Maierù ; translated and edited by D.N. Pryds.

The medieval universities : their development and organization / A.B. Cobban.