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Bede; Carolingian period; computus; De temporum ratione; glosses; Greek; Latin; mathematics; paleography; St. Gall Stiftsbibliothek
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A Greco-Latin Numerical List In A St. Gall Fragment, Brandon W. Hawk
A Greco-Latin Numerical List In A St. Gall Fragment, Brandon W. Hawk
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This article provides a detailed examination of a manuscript page in St. Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1395, with special attention given to an unnoticed Greco-Latin numerical list. The main content of the page derives from Bede’s De temporum ratione, and the fragment offers information about the transmission of this computational text. Furthermore, scribal notes accompanying the list show early medieval uses of Greek learning alongside Latin sources—a phenomenon reflected in a number of other manuscripts from the same time period. Such glosses are also related to the overall trends of Carolingian learning, as well as some possible Insular connections.