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Martianus Capella

Also known as Martianus Minneus Felix Capella, Martian Capella, M. Capella, Capella, Martianus, Martian, Martian. Capella

Latin prose writer of Late Antiquity

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Western Roman Empire
Place of birth: M'Daourouch
Occupation: philosopher
Languages spoken: Latin
Notable work: The Marriage of Philology and Mercury
Image: Martianus Capella grammaire 2.jpg

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described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
birth name: Martianus Mineus Felix Capella
time period: Low Roman Empire
Commons category: Martianus Capella
date of birth: 0360-00-00
date of death: 0428-00-00
writing language: Latin
floruit: 0500-00-00
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
Commons Creator page: Martianus Capella
P13311: bornite

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Works in European collections

35 objects attributed to Martianus Capella, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Martiani Capellae Satyrae

De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii [Printed Text]

Liberal arts ad mentem veterum explicatae [Printed text]

M. Capella. Martiani ... De nuptiis philologiae & septem artibus liberalibus libri nouem optime castigati [Texto impreso]

De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii - Cod. Aug. perg. 73

De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii - Cod. Ettenheim-Münster 7 : VIII. de astrologica

Martianvs Foelix Capella De Nvptiis Mercvrii Et Philologiae, Cvm Adnotationibvs Ioannis Dvbravii

De ortu scientarum. Depictiones artium. Epistole senece cum tabulis. Idem de uita beata. Idem de breuitate uite. Idem de ira. Liber exercitationis ad felicitate. Liber de nobilitate animi [fenestratitel]

Boetius de trinitate et de hebdomadibus, de duabus naturis et de Consolatione philosophiae [reconstructie fenestratitel]

Macrobii Ambrosii Avrelii Theodosii viri consvlaris et illustris in somnium Scipionis libri II. Eiusdem Saturnaliorum libri VII. ex uetustissimis manuscriptis codicibus recogniti [et] aucti /

M. Capella Martiani Miirei Capellae... De nuptiis philologiae septem artibus liberalibus libri nouem..

Martiani Minei Capellae De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, libri II ; ad haec de septem artibus liberalibus libri eiusdem singuli, utpote de Grammatica, tertius ; Dialectica, quartus ; Rhetorica, quintus ; Geometria, liber sextum ; Arithmetica, septimus ; Astronomia, octavus ; Musica, nonus ..

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Encyclopedic overview

Grammar teaching, from a 10th-century manuscript of De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii Martianus Minneus Felix Capella (fl. c. 410–420) was a jurist, polymath and Latin prose writer of late antiquity, one of the earliest developers of the system of the seven liberal arts that structured early medieval education. He was a native of Madaura.

His single encyclopedic work, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii ("On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury"), also called De septem disciplinis ("On the seven disciplines"), is an elaborate didactic allegory written in a mixture of prose and elaborately allusive verse.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Martianus Capella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.