Margarita philosophica (1503),title page. This work,by the German author Georg Reisch (c.1467-1525),was an encyclopedic compilation of knowledge that became one of the standard textbooks of the time. Its twelve books covered topics including grammar,dialectics,rhetoric,arithmetic,music,geometry,astronomy,physics,natural history,physiology,psychology,and ethics. This title page represents Philosophy as a winged female figure surrounded by the seven liberal arts (logic,rhetoric,grammar,arithmetic,music,geometry,astronomy). Each liberal art is depicted as a female figure holding her traditional attribute |