Authorship: LetterAlcuin 1
Author of a letter to King ‘David’ [i.e., Charlemagne 1] arguing that the saltus lunae should occur in November
Scholarly Info
Authored Work |
Alcuin.Ep Letter to King ‘David’ [i.e., Charlemagne 1] arguing that the saltus lunae should occur in November (Letter) |
Year |
797 |
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Notes:
*{Epistolae Karolini aevi, ed. Ernst Dümmler, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Vol. 4, Berlin, Weidmannsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1895, pp. 185-7}.
*{Clavis des auteurs latins du Moyen Age : territoire français 735-987 = Clavis scriptorum latinorum medii aevi : auctores galliae 735-987, Tom.2: Alcuin = Alcuinus / ed. Marie-Hélène Jullien et Françoise Perelman, Corpus christianorum. Continuatio Mediaevalis, Turnholt : Brepols, 1999, ALC 45.126}.
*The letter was composed in November 797.
Persons associated with this Factoid:
- Primary: Alcuin 1
(Author, deacon and abbot of Tours, c.735-804)
- Secondary: Charlemagne 1
(King of the Franks, 768-814; emperor 800-814)