Allegorical composition depicting the different degrees of university teaching. Allegory of the ascent to the spheres of knowledge. Facsimile illustration of a wood engraving from the "Margarita Philosophica", by Gregor Reisch, published in 1503. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

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