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Education, Medieval

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Images referencing Education, Medieval

13 images from works
  • 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.
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Works from the collections

31 works

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    The Rise of Universities / Charles Homer Haskins.

    Haskins, Charles Homer | Date: [2013]
    • Books

    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.

    Riché, Pierre. Éducation et culture dans l'Occident barbare, VIe-VIIIe siècles. English | Date: 1976
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    Crossing boundaries at medieval universities / edited by Spencer E. Young.

    | Date: 2011
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    Die Artes liberales in Antike und Mittelalter : Bildungs- und wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Entwicklungslinien / von Uta Lindgren.

    Lindgren, Uta, 1941- | Date: 1992
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    University training in medieval Europe / by Alfonso Maierù ; translated and edited by D.N. Pryds.

    Alfonso Maierù | Date: [1994], ©1994
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Related topics

Medieval
Women - Mythology
Europe
Universities
Science - History
Mathematics
Anura
Science - History - 17th century
Globes
Birds

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