The seven liberal arts – Picture from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad von Landsberg (12th century
The Trivium
grammar
logic
rhetoric
The Quadrivium
arithmetic
geometry
music
astronomy, often called astrology; both modern senses were covered
It is, of course, difficult and futile to speculate as to the extent of the influence these Egyptian amulets and talismans exercised over this ancient people, but in the light of our present knowledge we feel that the religious symbolism they represented, the conditions under which they were made, the faith in their efficacy, and the invocations and “words of power” which in every case were a most essential part of their mysterious composition makes them by far the most interesting of any yet dealt with.
Theruine 