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Late antique and early medieval science is commonly defined by the 'quadrivium', the four subjects of the seven liberal arts relating to natural science: astronomy, geometry, arithmetic, and music. The seven-fold division of learning was designed in Late Antiquity by authors such as Martianus Capella, and these authors were studied intensively from the Carolingian age onwards. Because these subjects still have currency today, this leads to the anachronistic view that the 'artes' dominated intellectual thought in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Quite the contrary, the 'artes' were an idealized curriculum with limited application in practice. Certainly, the 'artes' do not help in our understanding of the intellectual endeavour between the early fifth and the late eighth centuries. This period was dominated by 'computus', a calendrical science with the calculation of Easter at its core. Only 'computus' provides a traceable continuation of scientific thought from Late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages. The key questions were the mathematical modeling of the course of the sun through the zodiac (the Julian calendar) and of the moon phases (in various lunar calendars). This volume highlights key episodes in the transmission of calendrical ideas in this crucial period, and therewith helps explaining the transformation of intellectual culture into its new medieval Christian setting.

Calendar --- Calendar. --- Church calendar --- Church calendar. --- Computus --- History --- Priscianus --- Handschrift --- Sankt Gallen --- Stiftsbibliothek Sankt Gallen --- Cod. 904 --- Stiftsbibliothek Sankt. --- Europa --- To 1500 --- Europe. --- Ireland. --- Irlan. --- Irland

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This work describes the whole literary and scholarly output of the whole of the Irish middle ages (4th to 17th Centuries), in Latin and in the vernaculars, and tries to do so as comprehensively as possible, esp. in biblica, liturgica, computistica, hagiographica and grammatica. The book focuses both on individual manuscripts and on textual transmission. In the case of MSS it gives succinctly information and a detailed bibliography, always chronologically arranged. In the case of texts, it lists the MSS in which they occur or, on occasion, where such a list can be found, together with a bibliography of relevant publications. In the case of both, there are running cross-references to the standard works of reference. Concordantiae, at the end of the volume, reinforce that. The 'Index Manuscriptorum' is the most comprehensive attempt so far to list the MSS written by the medieval Irish or transmitting their texts. It should allow new work on the fortuna of Irish MSS and texts and their influence throughout the middle ages. The chapters on MSS and texts written in Irish provide the treatment of several areas: annals, genealogies, vernacular law, early poetry, bardic poetry & metrics.

Manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Irish --- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Manuscripts, Irish. --- Medieval and modern Latin manuscripts --- Irish manuscripts --- Codices --- 091 <417> --- 094.1 <417> --- 820 <417> --- 820 <417> Ierse literatuur --- Ierse literatuur --- 094.1 <417> Oude drukken: bibliografie----Europa--Republiek Ierland --- Oude drukken: bibliografie----Europa--Republiek Ierland --- 091 <417> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Republiek Ierland --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Republiek Ierland --- Manuscripts, Latin --- Manuscripts. --- Ireland. --- Celtic Church --- Latin literature --- Latin literature, Medieval and modern --- Christian literature, Irish --- Irish literature --- Celtic Church. --- Christian literature, Irish. --- Intellectual life. --- Irish literature. --- Latin literature. --- Latin literature, Medieval and modern. --- Manuscripts, Latin. --- Handschrift --- Druckwerk --- Literatur --- Irisch --- History --- Priscianus --- Sankt Gallen --- Stiftsbibliothek Sankt Gallen --- Cod. 904 --- Benediktinerregel --- Sammelhandschrift --- Cod. 915 --- Ireland --- Irland --- Catalogs. --- Sources. --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- Books --- Nonbook materials --- Archival materials --- Charters --- Codicology --- Diplomatics --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Paleography --- Transmission of texts --- Manuscripts - Ireland --- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Ireland --- Irlande --- Littérature