Download or read book The Divine Comedy and the Encyclopedia of Arts and Sciences written by Giuseppe C. Di Scipio and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guiding principle of this volume is the concept of the artes liberales, the trivium and quadrivium, as branches of learning that are rooted in Dante Alighieri's mind. The present volume contains essays by leading international scholars on the various scientific and artistic disciplines which form the background, sources, and presence in Dante's opus.