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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Computus"”.
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The 'lexis' of medieval computus in selected Anglo-Latin and Old English prose
The study of medieval computus (the calculation of the date of Easter) was popular amongst German scholars during the latter part of the nineteenth century, and American and German scholars in the early twentieth. Scholarly interest waned during the mid-late twentieth century, probably because …
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A question of time or a question of theology: a study of the Easter controversy in the insular church
… advance in understanding the techniques of the computus of the Insular church. The work of Dáibhí Ó Cróinín is well documented and his findings have considerably enriched the body of knowledge on this question. The discovery in Padua of a latercus provided for the first time an example of an …
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‘Arabic Astrology’ in Early Medieval England? A Re-Examination of Prognostics and Planetary Knowledge in Three Winchester Manuscripts, c. 1023-1060
… procedure found in a treatise included within a computus anthology may have permitted approximate calculations of planetary longitudes. Although the procedure does not yield accurate results and therefore casts doubt on whether it could have enabled more technical astrological practices, these …
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The use of French as a written language of instruction in twelfth-century England, with particular reference to the codicological evidence
… with a precedent for use in instruction: the computus, the lapidary, and proverbs. To understand the historical significance of this evidence, this dissertation examines the role of French from its particular perspective as a language of written instruction in twelfth-century England, to …