Abstract
Latin prose rhythm, put simply, is the art of using particular patterns of syllables to create rhythmic effects, usually at the end of sentences. This art, characteristic of the higher, or «elite», levels of learning, was used to varying degrees throughout the Classical and Medieval periods of Latin literature. However, although its practice in antiquity1, late-antiquity2, and the later Middle Ages3 has been well studied by modern scholars, there has been relatively little work on the survival of prose rhythm in the early Middle Ages, especially in Italy4. The aims of this paper are therefore, first, to help to
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