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ID: 901000941
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000941
Record Type: Literature

De Musica (treatise, Boethius, 6th century)

Note: Boethius intended to pass on the great Greco-Roman culture to future generations by writing manuals on music and astronomy, geometry, and arithmetic. Among ancient authors upon whom he drew were Porphyry and Iamblichus. Several of Boethius' writings were popular during the Middle Ages

Display Date: 6th century

Names:
De Musica (treatise, Boethius, 6th century) (preferred,English-P,D)
De Musica (treatise, Boethius, 6th century) (Latin-P,D)
On Music (treatise, Boethius, 6th century) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Named written and performed works> (P)
........<Literary works: Scientific, Instructional, Encyclopedia> (P)
............De Musica (treatise, Boethius, 6th century) (P)
Other Relationships:
author is .... Boethius (Roman philosopher, senator, ca. 480–524 or 525 CE)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
topic is .... music (performing arts genre)
.....(genres for performing arts, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... treatise
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
De Musica (treatise, Boethius, 6th century)
................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
On Music (treatise, Boethius, 6th century)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David-Musica_Boetius.jpg

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