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Alcuin
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Al·cuin  (lkwn) also Al·bi·nus (l-bns) 735?-804.
Anglo-Saxon prelate and scholar who was a leader in the revival of learning in medieval Europe.
Alcuin [ˈælkwɪn], Albinus
n
(Biographies / Alcuin (735-804) M, English, MISC: scholar, RELIGION: theologian) 735-804 ad, English scholar and theologian; friend and adviser of Charlemagne
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This theme was adopted by later monastic writers such as Alcuin of York, Charlemagne's educational reformer, who had inscribed over the doorway of the scriptorium at Fulda, "It is more meritorious to copy books than to tend the vines" (Leclerq 123).
Medieval literacy in the writing center by LeCluyse, Christopher / Writing Lab Newsletter
Alcuin of York, the greatest scholar of the day, suggested that further attack might be averted by moral reform in the monastery.
History re-enacted as Viking raiders return; Holy Island invasion - ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
50 240 pages "That imaginative chap Charlemagne (forward-looking Holy Roman Emperor) stirred things up in the 9th century when Alcuin of York came up with a system of positurae at the ends of sentences (including one of the earliest question marks), but to be honest western systems of punctuation were damned unsatisfactory for the next five hundred years until one man--one fabulous Venetian printer--finally wrestled with the issue and pinned it to the mat.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves: the Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Medb / Reviewer's Bookwatch
 
 
 
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