File:Woman teaching geometry.jpg
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artist QS:P170,Q26809207,P5102,Q230768 |
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English: Detail of a scene in the bowl of the letter 'P' with a woman with a set-square and dividers; using a compass to measure distances on a diagram. In her left hand she holds a square, an implement for testing or drawing right angles. She is watched by a group of students. In the Middle Ages, it is unusual to see women represented as teachers, in particular when the students appear to be monks. She is most likely the personification of Geometry, based on Martianus Capella's famous book De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, [5th c.] a standard source for allegorical imagery of the seven liberal arts.
Illustration at the beginning of Euclid's Elementa, in the translation attributed to Adelard of Bath.
Français : Détail d'une enluminure du XIVe siècle, contrepoinçon d'une lettre capitale P, au début des Éléments d'Euclide, dans une traduction attribuée à Adélar de Bath. Une femme porte une équerre d'une main et utilise un compas de l'autre pour mesurer des distances sur un diagramme. Un groupe de moines, apparemment ses étudiants, la regardent. Au Moyen Âge, la représentation d'une femme dans un rôle d'enseignant est inhabituelle. La femme représentée ici serait donc plutôt une personnification de la géométrie. |
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between 1309 and 1316 date QS:P571,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1309-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1316-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q23308 |
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BL Burney 275, f. 293 r. |
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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 20 June 2006. It was captioned as follows: Other languages:
Dansk: En kvinde som underviser i geometri, fra Euklids "Elementer" (illustration fra 1300-tallet) Deutsch: Die Geometrie unterrichtet ihre Schüler. Illustration aus einer Pariser Handschrift von Euklids Elementen aus dem frühen 14. Jh. Eesti: Naine õpetamas geomeetriat, teosest "Eukleidese Elemendid". Español: Profesora enseñando geometría, de los Elementos de Euclides. Galego: Muller aprendéndolle xeometría os seus alumnos. Ilustración dun manuscrito dos Elementos de Euclides Italiano: Una donna insegna geometria. Tratta dagli Elementi di Euclide Magyar: Egy hölgy, talán maga a megszemélyesített geometria, tanít. Euklidész Elemek című műve egyik 14. századi párizsi kéziratának illusztrációja Polski: Kobieta ucząca geometrii - miniatura z XIV-wiecznego wydania Elementów Euklidesa Português: Professora de Geometria. Svenska: En kvinna som undervisar gemometri, från Euklides Elementa (1300-talet). Русский: Женщина обучает детей геометрии. Иллюстрация из парижской рукописи Евклидовых «Начал», начало XIV века. العربية : امرأة تُدرّس الهندسة، من عناصرِ إقليديس |
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