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English: Detail of a scene in the bowl of the letter 'P' with a woman with a set-square and dividers; using a compass to measure distances on a diagram. In her left hand she holds a square, an implement for testing or drawing right angles. She is watched by a group of students. In the Middle Ages, it is unusual to see women represented as teachers, in particular when the students appear to be monks. She may be the personification of Geometry. Illustration at the beginning of Euclid's Elementa, in the translation attributed to Adelard of Bath.

Français : Détail d'une enluminure du XIVe siècle, contrepoinçon d'une lettre capitale P, au début des Éléments d'Euclide, dans une traduction attribuée à Adélar de Bath. Une femme porte une équerre d'une main et utilise un compas de l'autre pour mesurer des distance sur un diagramme. Un groupe de moines, apparemment ses étudiants, la regardent. Au moyen-age, la représentation d'une femme dans un rôle d'enseignant est inhabituelle. La femme représentée ici serait donc plutôt une personnification de la géométrie.

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1309 - 1316, France (Paris).

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English: Woman teaching geometry, from Euclid's Elements.

العربية: امرأة تُدرّس الهندسة، من عناصرِ إقليديس

Dansk: En kvinde som underviser i geometri, fra Euklids "Elementer" (illustration fra 1300-tallet)

Deutsch: Die Geometrie unterrichtet ihre Schüler. Illustration aus einer Pariser Handschrift von Euklids Elementen aus dem frühen 14. Jh.

English: Woman teaching geometry, from Euclid's Elements.

Español: Profesora de geometría.

Eesti: Naine õpetamas geomeetriat, teosest "Eukleidese Elemendid".

Français : Enluminure montrant un cours de géométrie (dans les années 1300).

Galego: Muller aprendéndolle xeometría os seus alumnos. Ilustración dun manuscrito dos Elementos de Euclides

Magyar: Egy hölgy, talán maga a megszemélyesített geometria, tanít. Euklidész Elemek című műve egyik 14. századi párizsi kéziratának illusztrációja

Italiano: Una donna insegna geometria. Tratta dagli Elementi di Euclide

日本語: 女性が幾何学を教えているようす　　ユークリッド原論から

한국어: 중세 프랑스에서 발간된 원론에 그려져 있는, 기하학을 가르치는 여성의 그림

‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: En kvinne som lærer bort geometri, fra Euklids Elementene

Nederlands: Vrouwen doceren geometrie, uit Elementen van Euclides

‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Ei kvinne som lærer bort geometri, frå Euklids Elementene

Polski: Kobieta ucząca geometrii - miniatura z XIV-wiecznego wydania Elementów Euklidesa

Português: Professora de Geometria.

Русский: Женщина обучает детей геометрии. Иллюстрация из парижской рукописи Евклидовых « Начал», начало XIV века.

Slovenčina: Žena vyučujúca geometriu, z Euklidovych Prvkov.

Svenska: En kvinna som undervisar gemometri, från Euklides Elementa (1300-talet).

‪中文(简体)‬: 13世纪的图画，一位女人应用欧几里德的几何原理教授几何学。

‪中文(繁體)‬: 一位女人應用歐幾里德的幾何原理教授幾何學。

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