Artes Mechanicae, Episode 4 - Eriungena on the Mechanical Arts
In this episode of Artes Mechanicae, Austin Hoffman notes the details added by John Scotus Eriungena's commentary on the marriage of Philology and Mercury. Eriungena is perhaps the first to note the dowry given by Philology to Mercury as the seven mechanical arts.
Listen for how the mechanical arts connect to the liberal arts and gloss the process by which wisdom is realized.