De Musica / / Augustinus; Martin Jacobsson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Augustinus,
• MitwirkendeR: Dorfbauer, Lukas J.,; Jacobsson, Martin,
• HerausgeberIn: Jacobsson, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: Latin
• Series: Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum , 102
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 237 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Table of Contents --; Introduction --; 1. The time-frame and circumstances of the composition of the De musica --; 2. The transmission of the text --; Bibliography --; Conspectus siglorum --; Text: Augustini De musica --; Liber primus --; Liber secundus --; Liber tertius --; Liber quartus --; Liber quintus --; Liber sextus --; Indices
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110471465; 9783110762495; 9783110719543; 9783110540550
• ISSN: 1816-3882
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110471465
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Augustinus; Martin Jacobsson.

This is the first critical edition of all six books of Augustine’s De musica. Originally meant as part of a series of treatises on the liberal arts, it is especially important because of its presentation of metrics. Book six offers a theological discussion of perception based on the concept of numerus ("rhythm"). Thus, De musica is a fascinating document of Augustine’s intellectual development from secular learning to Christian philosophy.