Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh Century : Decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus

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This alternative interpretation of the baffling Latin grammars of the seventh-century writer Virgilius Maro Grammaticus sets aside conventional readings which see them as flawed or parodic. Vivien Law's analysis moves through the broader context of patristic biblical exegesis and early medieval wisdom literature to the tantalizingly ill-documented reaches of heterodox initiatory practices.