Cassiodorus : Institutions of divine and secular learning and On the soul / translated with notes by James W. Halporn ; and introduction by Mark Vessey.

Author
Cassiodorus, Senator, approximately 487-approximately 580 [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003.
Description
x, 315 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

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Notes
Translated from the Latin.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-304) and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of illustrations
  • References and abbreviations
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Epigraph : two pen-portraits of 'Cassiodorus'
  • 2. The writer, his life and works
  • On the soul
  • 3. Institutions of divine and secular learning
  • Genesis and models
  • Composition and contents
  • Book 1 : The Bible and Christian authors
  • Book 2 : The liberal arts
  • Reception and historical significance
  • 4. Epilogue
  • INSTITUTIONS OF DIVINE AND SECULAR LEARNING
  • ON THE SOUL
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
Other title(s)
  • Institutions of divine and secular learning
  • On the soul
ISBN
0853239983
OCLC
977996761
RCP
H - S
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