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Letter from Aldhelm to Acircius
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Aldhelm
(d. 709)
abbot of Malmesbury and later, bishop of Sherborne; known as an author of a number of elaborate Latin tracts in prose and in verse
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Lengthy letter by Aldhelm addressed to Acircius, i.e. Aldfrith, king of Northumbria. It consists of five parts: (I) the opening address to Acircius; (II) a treatise on the number seven; (III) a treatise on Latin metrics in a question-and-answer format, including (IV) the Aenigmata or Aldhelm's collection of riddles; and finally, (V) an epilogue.
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Letter from Aldhelm to Cellán
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Aldhelm
(d. 709)
abbot of Malmesbury and later, bishop of Sherborne; known as an author of a number of elaborate Latin tracts in prose and in verse
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Letter from Aldhelm in reply to Cellán (Lat. Cellanus), abbot of Perrona, Neustria (modern Péronne, Picardy). The form in which the text survives is as a quotation in Book V of William of Malmesbury's Gesta pontificum Anglorum, along with Cellán's letter.
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Letter from Aldhelm to Gereint
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Aldhelm
(d. 709)
abbot of Malmesbury and later, bishop of Sherborne; known as an author of a number of elaborate Latin tracts in prose and in verse
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Letter written by Aldhelm, then abbot of Malmesbury, to Gereint, king of Dumnonia, and to his sacerdotes.
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Letter from Aldhelm to Heahfrith
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Aldhelm
(d. 709)
abbot of Malmesbury and later, bishop of Sherborne; known as an author of a number of elaborate Latin tracts in prose and in verse
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A letter from Aldhelm to an Englishman named Heahfrith. It was written to dissuade him from studying in Ireland, preferring the new English learning represented by the teachings of Theodore and Hadrian to the state of learning in Ireland.
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Letter from Aldhelm to Wihtfrith
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Aldhelm
(d. 709)
abbot of Malmesbury and later, bishop of Sherborne; known as an author of a number of elaborate Latin tracts in prose and in verse
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A letter from Aldhelm to an English student named Wihtfrith. Wihtfrith intends to study in Ireland, but Aldhelm advises him against it. The form in which the text survives is as a quotation in Book V of William of Malmesbury's Gesta pontificum Anglorum.
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Letter from Cathwulf to Charlemagne
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Letter dated to c.775 written by an Anglo-Saxon scholar known as Cathwulf to Charlemagne.
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