Abstract

A survey of evidence of an Insular Latin tradition of composition from the fifth century to the fifteenth, in which writers make words exhibit by their position varied mathematical meanings. These writers and texts include Adelard of Bath, Aediluulf, Ailerán, Aldhelm, Asser, Bede, Boethius, Boniface, Columban, Cummian, Dicuill, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Gildas, Giraldus Cambrensis, Henry of Huntingdon, Israel Grammaticus, Jocelin of Furness, John of Kelso, John of Salisbury, Moucan, Osbern of Gloucester, Patrick, Pelagius, Peter of Cornwall, Robertus de Hopprew, Theodore of Canterbury, Turgot of Durham, Virgilius Maro Grammaticus, William of Malmesbury, Ciues celestis patrie, De situ Albanie, Encomium Emmae, Jeu d’Adam, Nauigatio S. Brendani, Synodus episcoporum, St Margaret’s Gospel Book, Vita S. Conwoionis, Vita S. Iltuti.

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