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