Sense of Proportion: Jacobus extending Boethius around 1300

John Newsome Crossley

doi:10.2307/j.ctv1xg5h66.13

Sense of Proportion: Jacobus extending Boethius around 1300

John Newsome Crossley

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Abstract

Boethian arithmetic formed the basis of music theory for the medieval encyclopedist, Jacobus. His monumental Speculum musicae shows us how people around 1300, and particularly in the University of Paris, were slowly accommodating themselves to the newly rediscovered works of Aristotle, while the long-known works of Euclid and Boethius still gave a definitive
theoretical basis to music. Not without effort Jacobus reworked Boethius and went further, though still using Boethian techniques. One difficulty he encountered was the problem of dividing the tone into two equal parts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Intellectual Dynamism of the High Middle Ages
Editors	Clare Frances Monagle
Place of Publication	Amsterdam Netherlands
Publisher	Amsterdam University Press
Chapter	10
Pages	213-226
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9789048537174
ISBN (Print)	9789462985933
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1xg5h66.13
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Jacobus de Ispania
Jacques de Liège
Speculum musicae
Medieval Music Theory
Semitone

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10.2307/j.ctv1xg5h66.13

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