The concepts of «geography» and «chorography» in «Marriage of philology and mercury» by Martianus Capella (Mart. Cap. De nupt. VI. 567-721): brief remarks

Anton V. Zibaev; Oleg R. Zhukov; Sergey A. Polyakov

doi:10.36906/2311-4444/24-4/01

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THE CONCEPTS OF «GEOGRAPHY» AND «CHOROGRAPHY» IN «MARRIAGE OF PHILOLOGY AND MERCURY» BY MARTIANUS CAPELLA (MART. CAP. DE NUPT. VI. 567-721): BRIEF REMARKS The concepts of «geography» and «chorography» in «Marriage of philology and mercury» by Martianus Capella (Mart. Cap. De nupt. VI. 567-721): brief remarks

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Published in Bulletin of Nizhnevartovsk State University · Pages 4–12 · Rubric: General History

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36906/2311-4444/24-4/01

Received: 05.09.2024 Accepted: 22.10.2024 Published: 25.12.2024 Language of publication: RUS

Authors

Anton V. Zibaev

Oleg R. Zhukov

ORCID

Sergey A. Polyakov

Anton V. Zibaev

Academic degree: candidate of historical sciences

Surgut State University

Oleg R. Zhukov

Academic degree: candidate of philological sciences

Private Medical University "REAVIZ" (Saratov branch)

ORCID

Sergey A. Polyakov

Academic degree: candidate of historical sciences

Intellect Center “Darovanie”

ABSTRACT

The proposed article discusses the features of the presentation of “geography” and “chorography” by Martianus Capella. Of the nine books of Marriages, seven are devoted to elementary secondary disciplines: grammar, dialectic, rhetoric, degree, arithmetic, astronomy and harmony. From the content of the story in the sixth book, it becomes clear that geometry is a complex and multifaceted discipline, which additionally includes geography and chorography. n a narrow sense, geometry deals with the study of figures, in a broad sense – the shape and position of the earth, thermal zones and indicating locations on a geographical map. These two disciplines complemented each other and allowed students to gain a broader understanding of the earth's surface. The educational cycle outlined by the author, to the 5th century. did not yet represent a firmly established intellectual concept and underwent significant changes over the course of two centuries. Hence, it is permissible to assume that each author, until the final design of the range of free disciplines, had the right to make changes to the list and content of subjects, including “geography” and “chorography”. Despite the obvious similarity of their content with the story of Claudius Ptolemy, the “Marriage” also indicates a strict terminological framework for each key discipline. For the first, the use of the terms terra and orbis is acceptable, for the second - orbis terrarum, provincia and finis. This circumstance allows us to see the approximate path of “geography” (in the ancient sense) from the ideas of Claudius Ptolemy, who lived during the period of the highest flowering of the Roman Empire, to late Antiquity. The ideas laid down by Marcian Capella formed the basis for the definition of “Geometry” in the developed Middle Ages.

KEYWORDS

Martianus Capella, geography, chorography, Claudius Ptolemy, late antique geographical representations

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