The scientific works of Robert Grosseteste. Volume I, Knowing and speaking : Robert Grosseteste's De artibus liberalibus "On the liberal arts" and De generatione sonorum "On the generation of sounds" / series editors Giles E.M. Gasper, Cecilia Panti, Tom C.B. McLeish, Hannah E. Smithson.

"Under the aegis of the Ordered Universe Research Project."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-522), manuscript index and general index.

Part one. On the liberal arts. On the liberal arts and hits historical context / Giles E.M. Gasper -- The liberal arts : inheritances and conceptual frameworks / Giles E.M. Gasper, Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn, Nicola Polloni, Neil Lewis, and Jack P. Cunningham -- On the liberal arts : manuscripts and transmission / Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn -- On the liberal arts : translation, historiography, and synopsis / Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn, Giles E.M. Gasper, Cecila Panti, and Neil Lewis -- Latin editon and English translation of On the liberal arts / edited and translated by Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn -- The trivium / Neil Lewis -- The quadrivium and the discipline of music / Cecilia Panti -- Aristotle in On the liberal arts : an exploration of possibilities / Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn, Tom C.B. McLeish, and Giles E.M. Gasper -- The use of the stars : alchemy, plants, and medicine / Giles E.M. Gasper, Nicola Polloni, Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn, Ann Lawrence-Mathers, and Nader El-Bizri.

Part two. On the generation of sounds. Sounding a sonativum : On the generation of sounds in historical context / Giles E.M. Gasper -- On the generation of sounds : manuscripts and transmiossion / Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn -- On the generation of sounds : translation, historiography, and synopsis / Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn, Giles E.M. Gasper, Cecilia Panti, and Neil Lewis -- Latin edition and English translation of On the generatio of sounds / edited and translated by Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn -- A question of the soul : Augustine, Alfred of Sareshel, and John Blund / Giles E.M. Gasper and Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn -- Aristotle, Priscian, and Isicore / Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn and Giles E.M. Gasper -- Sound, movement, and the sonativum / Tom C.B. McLeish, Clive R. Siviour, and Hanna E. Smithson -- Instrumental motions : shaping and perceiving speech sounds / Joshua S. Harvey, Rebekah C. White, Hannah E. Smithson, Tom C.B. McLeish, David M. Howard, and John Coleman -- Sound, light, and cosmic music : Grosseteste's Commentary on the Posterior analytics and the Pseudo-Grossetestian glosses to Boethius.

Part three. The seven liberal arts. A Middle English Grosseteste : The seven liberal arts / David Thomson, Giles E.M. Gasper, and Luigi Campi -- Middle English edition and modern English translation of The seven liberal arts / text prepared by David Thomason and translated by Margart Healy-Varley and David Thomson -- The seven liberal arts : commentary and analysis / David Thomson and Brian K. Tanner -- Concluding reflections / Gles E.M. Gasper, Tom C.B. McLiesh, Cecilia Panti, and Hannah E. Smithson.

Few figures of the Middle Ages command the attention of so many modern disciplines as Robert Grosseteste (c. 1170-1253). Theology, Philosophy, History, and Science are all areas which his life and thought continue to have significance and to inspire re-interpretation. Accompanied by a series of original commentaries, this new edition of Grosseteste's work, with English translation, draws together the perspectives of modern scientists and medieval specialists. Volume I of a six volume series, Knowing and Speaking presents two of the earliest of Grosseteste's works, the treatises On the Liberal Arts and On the Generation of Sounds. These are accompanied by a significant Middle English treatise on the Seven Liberal Arts whose anonymous fifteenth-century author translated and excerpted passages from Grosseteste's treatises in a re-imagining of their structure and function.0Each work is treated separately within the volume, which is constructed in three parts. On the Liberal Arts sets Grosseteste's thoughts on the arts subjects and emphasises moral concerns about the purpose of learning. On the Generation of Sounds builds on the theories and statements of On the Liberal Arts in connection to the production of sound, elaborating the earlier position, relating the generation of sounds to human vocal and speech production.--

Text in English and Latin.