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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

University Lectures: The More Things Change . . .



This is a 14th century manuscript illumination portraying Henricus de Allemania lecturing on Aristotle. The illumination appears in his commentary on Aristotle's Ethics. Note that the students are following along in their manuscripts . . . or are engaged in conversation or sleep.



By the way, less than one month until Oxford.


(A larger version of the above illumination may be found here.)

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