Geometry and Genre in Columella
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DOI: 10.1353/ajp.2017.0025
Abstract: Columella's discussion of land measurement in Book 5 of the Res rustica does more than explain how to calculate the areas of variously shaped fields. This geometrical excursus allows the author to delimit and transgress… read more here.
Keywords: columella; geometry genre; geometry; philology ... See more keywords