-
native of Madaura. His
single encyclopedic work, De
nuptiis Philologiae et
Mercurii ("On the
Marriage of
Philology and Mercury"), also
called De
septem disciplinis...
- miércoles or
Italian mercoledì, the day's name is a
calque of
Latin dies
Mercurii 'day of Mercury'.
Wednesday is in the
middle of the
common Western five-day...
- the
degree of
Neophyt (Apprentice), the
second degree was
called Gradus Mercurii (Journeyman),
followed by the
Gradus Solis (Master). The
first degree in...
- logic, and rhetoric. The
trivium is
implicit in De
nuptiis Philologiae et
Mercurii ("On the
Marriage of
Philology and Mercury") by Marti**** Capella, but...
-
winged sandals,
winged hat, tortoise, ram and
rooster Day
Wednesday (dies
Mercurii)
Personal information Parents Maia and
Jupiter or
Caelus and Dies (Cicero...
-
practice known as
interpretatio germanica: the
Latin "Day of Mercury",
Mercurii dies (later
mercredi in
modern French), was
borrowed into Late Proto-Germanic...
-
postclassical literature (Marti**** Capella, De
nuptiis Philologiae et
Mercurii), an idea
revived in Late
Medieval literature (Chaucer, Lydgate). The meaning...
- Cleomedes, Caelestia, i.7.49–52. Marti**** Capella, De
nuptiis Philologiae et
Mercurii, VI.598. Van Helden,
Albert (1985).
Measuring the Universe:
Cosmic Dimensions...
-
about the
seventh century. This
corresponds to the
Latin counterpart diēs
Mercuriī, "Day of Mercury", as both are
deities of
magic and knowledge. The German...
- ed-Der, and
known in
antiquity as the Cape of
Mercury (Latin:
Promontorium Mercurii;
Ancient Gr****: Ερμαία ἄκρα) or Cape Hermaeum. The peninsula's northern...
