De musica / Augustinus ; edited by Martin Jacobsson ; introduction by Martin Jacobsson and Lukas J. Dorfbauer.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

880-01 Acknowledgements ; Table of Contents ; Introduction ; 1. The time-frame and circumstances of the composition of the De musica ; 2. The transmission of the text ; 2.1 Manuscripts containing the full work or single full books.

2.7 The old prints of Augustine's De musica 2.8 Fragmentary manuscripts, lost manuscripts, and early indirect witnesses, up to the 11th century ; 2.8.1 The fragment preserved in St. Gallen, Stiftsbibl. 1395 ; 2.8.2 The excerpt De rhythmo preserved in Paris, BNF lat. 7530.

2.8.3 The Cassiodorus florilegium 2.8.4 The Praecepta artis musicae Augustini ; 2.8.5 Manuscripts attested in Carolingian library catalogues ; 2.8.6 Sedulius Scotus ; 2.8.7 John Scotus Eriugena ; 2.8.8 The Expositiunculae in libros beati Augustini de musica.

2.8.9 A Carolingian manuscript once at Metz.

Latin, with critical notes in English.

Print version record.

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.

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