Vivarium

Japanese: Vivarium
Vivarium


[middle ages]
Cassiodorus, a Roman who served the Gothic king Theodoric, had planned to build a university and library on the model of the Mouseion in Alexandria. However, this was not realized until around 540, after his retirement, when he built the Vivarium monastery and established a library there. A scriptorium was established there, where Greek texts were translated into Latin, and classical learning was passed down thanks to him.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Vivarium" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[中世]
 東ゴート族の王テオドリックに仕えたローマ人カッシオドルスは,アレクサンドリアのムセイオンをモデルに大学と図書館とを兼ねたようなものの建設を考えていた。しかしそれが実現するのは引退後の540年ころ,みずからウィウァリウムVivarium修道院を建て,これに図書館を併置したときであった。そこには写字室(スクリプトリウムscriptorium)が設けられ,ギリシア語の文献がラテン語に翻訳され,彼のおかげで古典的な学問が伝えられることになる。…

※「Vivarium」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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