Biographia Britannica Literaria, Or, Biography of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland, Arranged in Chronological Order: Anglo-Norman period |
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... treatise against Berengarius . † The monkish writers extol Lanfranc for his liberality and affability . They represent him as willingly absenting The writer of Lanfranc's life says that at one of the great festivities , Quidam scurra ...
... treatise against Berengarius . † The monkish writers extol Lanfranc for his liberality and affability . They represent him as willingly absenting The writer of Lanfranc's life says that at one of the great festivities , Quidam scurra ...
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... , says in praise of Lanfranc , Ac quemadmodum præ- cipiente invictissimo totius Latinitatis magistro Lanfranco archiepiscopo , & c . scholarship . His principal work is the treatise against Berengarius Died 1089. ] 11 LANFRANC .
... , says in praise of Lanfranc , Ac quemadmodum præ- cipiente invictissimo totius Latinitatis magistro Lanfranco archiepiscopo , & c . scholarship . His principal work is the treatise against Berengarius Died 1089. ] 11 LANFRANC .
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Thomas Wright. scholarship . His principal work is the treatise against Berengarius , written at the close of 1079 , or early in 1080 , and addressed to Berengarius in the form of a letter . Many manuscripts of this work exist , and it ...
Thomas Wright. scholarship . His principal work is the treatise against Berengarius , written at the close of 1079 , or early in 1080 , and addressed to Berengarius in the form of a letter . Many manuscripts of this work exist , and it ...
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... treatise on the Computus begin with the year 1182 , in which year , or in the year preceding , the book was most probably composed . There is a good copy of Gerland's treatise on the Computus in the British Museum ; † the author appears ...
... treatise on the Computus begin with the year 1182 , in which year , or in the year preceding , the book was most probably composed . There is a good copy of Gerland's treatise on the Computus in the British Museum ; † the author appears ...
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... treatise on the Abacus , the system of arithmetical calculation which had made so much noise since it was brought into fashion by Gerbert . This tract is preserved in a manuscript in the Bibliothèque Royale at Paris . * Bale is the only ...
... treatise on the Abacus , the system of arithmetical calculation which had made so much noise since it was brought into fashion by Gerbert . This tract is preserved in a manuscript in the Bibliothèque Royale at Paris . * Bale is the only ...
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