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Towards the end of Alcuin's career he retired to the Abbey of St. Martin at Tours, and there founded his 'Museum, which was in fact a large establishment for the editing and transcription of books. Here he wrote those delightful letters from which we have already made an extract.
The De inventione is the source for Alcuin's rhetorical writings, and was the only Ciceronian rhetoric known to Abelard or Dante. Brunette Latini translated seventeen chapters of it into Italian. Although mutilated codices of the De oratore and the Orator were known to Servatus Lupus and John of Salisbury, complete manuscripts of these most important works were not known previous to 1422.
One of Alcuin's mottoes was: "Writing books is better than planting vines: for he who plants a vine serves his belly, while he who writes books serves his soul." Many different arts were represented in the making of a mediæval book.
We may judge how bright the prospect seemed by the tone of Alcuin's letters to Charles the Great. He tells the Emperor of certain 'exquisite books' which he had studied under Egbert at York.
The interesting collection, which goes by Caedmon's name in the Bodleian library, is a series of pieces on Scriptural subjects, with beautifully painted illustrations. Dunstan. * Rara Mathematica from inedited MSS., by J. O. Halliwell. Alcuin and Aldhelm were the chief Anglo-Latin poets. Some of Alcuin's letters are to be found in this collection. St.
Alcuin's answer is more subtle than satisfactory. At the meals of Charlemagne some person always read to him. His example was followed by many of his successors, particularly by Francis I. of France, who, in an happier era for learning, imitated with happier effects, the example of the Emperor. Alcuin was general director of all the literary schemes of Charlemagne.
Nearly all the leading schools of France were founded or improved by this celebrated monk. It was largely due to Alcuin's unrivaled energy and splendid talents that Charlemagne was able to make so many and so glorious educational improvements in his empire. Notable among the men who introduced the Benedictine rule into England was St.
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