Hermeneutic style
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The hermeneutic style is a style of Latin in the later Roman and early Medieval periods characterised by the extensive use of unusual and arcane words, especially derived from Greek. The style is firs
Depiction of Apuleius, the first writer known to have used the hermeneutic style
The beginning of the Regularis Concordia, drafted by Æthelwold in hermeneutic style
Aldhelm
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Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey, Bishop of Sherborne, and a writer and scholar of Latin poetry, was born before the middle of the 7th century. He is said to have been the son of Kenten, who was of
Hermeneutic style
…period, some leading Continental scholars were exponents, including Johannes Scotus Eriugena and Odo of Cluny. In England, the seventh-century bishop Aldhelm was the most influential hermeneutic writer; Latin scholarship declined in the ninth century, and when it revived in the tenth, the hermeneutic style…
Stained glass window showing Aldhelm, installed in St Aldhelm's Church, Malmesbury
Wall plaque at St Aldhelm's Catholic Church, Malmesbury. The inscription says 'St Aldhelm 639–709, Abbot of Malmesbury and Bishop of Sherborne, Latin Poet and Ecclesiastical Writer.'
Conceptual statue of St Aldhelm in Sherborne Abbey by Marzia Colonna
Statue of Aldhelm in Salisbury Cathedral