File:Woman teaching geometry.jpg

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Artist

Attributed to Meliacin Master (–1312)
Description	French manuscript illuminator
Date of birth/death		presumably 1312
Work period	13^th century date QS:P,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 -1312
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q26809207 VIAF: 166234523 SUDOC: 174632932 BNF: 16258422q

Description

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.

Date

between 1309 and 1316

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British Library

	Native name	British Library
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 46″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1 July 1973
	Website	www.bl.uk
	Authority file	: Q23308 VIAF: 121814978 ISNI: 0000000123081542 ULAN: 500301700 LCCN: n81139951 NLA: 36588116 WorldCat

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BL Burney 275, f. 293 r.

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Catalogue entry: Burney 275

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English: Woman teaching geometry, from Euclid's Elements.

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".

English: Woman teaching geometry, from Euclid's Elements.

Español: Profesora enseñando geometría, de los Elementos de Euclides.

Français : Enluminure montrant un cours de géométrie (dans les années 1300).

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

Nederlands: Vrouwen doceren geometrie, uit Elementen van Euclides

Norsk bokmål: En kvinne som lærer bort geometri, fra Euklids Elementene

Norsk nynorsk: Ei kvinne som lærer bort geometri, frå Euklids Elementene

Polski: Kobieta ucząca geometrii - miniatura z XIV-wiecznego wydania Elementów Euklidesa

Português: Professora de Geometria.

Slovenčina: Žena vyučujúca geometriu, z Euklidovych Prvkov.

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.

한국어: 중세 프랑스에서 발간된 원론에 그려져 있는, 기하학을 가르치는 여성의 그림

日本語：女性が幾何学を教えているようす　　ユークリッド原論から

中文： 13世纪的图画，一位女人应用欧几里德的几何原理教授几何学。

中文（繁體）：一位女人應用歐幾里德的幾何原理教授幾何學。

العربية : امرأة تُدرّس الهندسة، من عناصرِ إقليديس

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current	06:07, 22 May 2022	1,039 × 1,148 (295 KB)	Phreneticc	Reduced "weight" of the file.
	04:11, 9 January 2006	1,039 × 1,148 (758 KB)	Leinad-Z~commonswiki
	15:14, 19 December 2005	269 × 312 (32 KB)	Leinad-Z~commonswiki	Woman using a compass to measure distances on a diagram. In her hand she hold 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 pa

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