Didascalicon; a medieval guide to the arts

1961·11.2 MB·English

by  Hugh

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THE
Didascalicon
OF HUGH
OF VICTOR
ST.
NUMBER LXIV
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THE
Didascalicon
HUGH
OF
OF VICTOR
ST.
A MEDIEVAL GUIDE
TO THE ARTS
TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
AND NOTES BY
JEROME TAYLOR
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1961
Frontispiece:
CONVENTIONALIZED REPRESENTATION OF
HUGH OF SAINT VICTOR
(Leiden, University Library, ms Vulcanianus 46, f. 130)
Produced at Fulda in 1176-77, it accompanies the text ofHugh's Didascalicon. Onthe
open book appears the first sentence ofthe Didascalicon: Omniumexpetendoritmprimaest
sapientia in qua (perfecti boni)forma consistit (Ofall things to be sought, the first isthat
Wisdomin which the Form ofthe Perfect Good stands fixed).
Library ofCongress Catalog Card Number: 61-10982
Printed in The Netherlands