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 Message 295,701 of 297,380 
 Christian Weisgerber to Aidan Kehoe 
 Re: Bede died (25-5-735) 
 26 May 24 17:39:40 
 
From: naddy@mips.inka.de

On 2024-05-26, Aidan Kehoe  wrote:

> ‘Haec in praesenti, iuxta numerum librorum, quibus lex diuina scripta est,
quinque
> gentium linguis, unam eandemque summae ueritatis et uerae sublimitatis
scientiam
> scrutatur, et confitetur, Anglorum uidelicet, Brettonum, Scottorum, Pictorum
et
> Latinorum, quae meditatione scripturarum ceteris omnibus est facta
communis.’
>
> “Five language communities,” I suppose.

* Anglo-Saxon
* Brittonic
* Gaelic
* Pictish, whatever its affiliation was
* British Latin~Romance

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de

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