Alcuin of York: Propositiones ad acuendos iuvenes

Authors

  • Rok Kuntner University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/keria.18.2.95-118

Keywords:

prevodi, Alkvin, aritmetika, geometrija

Abstract

Naloge za ostrenje mladega uma (lat. Propositiones ad acuendos iuvenes) nam nudijo vpogled v pouk aritmetike in geometrije v Alkvinovi šoli, pa tudi v drugih samostanskih in cerkvenih šolah širom po frankovski državi. Naloge, ki vsebujejo 56 problemov z rešitvami, so najstarejša zbirka problemov iz razvedrilne matematike v latinščini in tako tudi najstarejše pričevanje o rabi matematike v pedagoške namene v Evropi. Najstarejšo omembo Nalog najdemo v 75. pismu Alkvinove korespondence s Karlom Velikim, ki ga datirajo v leto 799 ali 800. V pismu lahko preberemo med drugim tudi odlomek, ki se glasi: »Misi excellentiae vestrae [...] aliquas figuras arithmeticae subtilitatis, laetitiae causa.« (»Vaši visokosti sem v razvedrilo poslal [...] nekaj oblik aritmetične ostrine.«) Omenjene figurae sicer žal niso vključene v pismo, vendar pa je zelo verjetno, da gre za zbirko Propositiones ad acuendos iuvenes, ki so se v večini rokopisov ohranile pod Alkvinovim imenom.

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Published

31.12.2016

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2016)

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