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This new 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.Law, Vivien is the author of 'Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh Century Decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus', published 1995 under ISBN 9780521471138 and ISBN 0521471133.
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