138 when topics . . . clusters of ornament: based on an insight of Cicero in
Explanatory Notes she offended nobody to their face: a reminiscence of Terence Adelphi 864. Terence was one of the authors commonly read at school.
when topics . . . clusters of ornament: based on an insight of Cicero in Orator 21.
I was once . . . Mauretania: in 418. For details of this visit, see G. Bonner, 'Augustine's Visit to Caesarea in 418', in C. W. Dugmore and C. Duggan (eds.), Studies in Church History, 1 (London,
conflict worse than civil strife: based on the phrase 'wars even worse than civil wars' in the first line of Lucan's epic poem Bellum Civile.
It often happens... from a cave: one of the characteristics of the plain style according to Cicero was that 'penetrating and frequent points will be made, unearthed from some unexpected sources' (Orator79).
Index of Biblical Passages Cited
Genesis
TOs 3 Kings
10: 14-27
Il: 1-4
19: 8 Psalms
iif
10:
13:
IWS
15:
26:
33:
21: 10 222 25:25
34: 34:
nN Ne NW DH HS
34: 43: 22
OW of
25: 34 25:20 Exodus
50: 9 50: g-10 74: 9 92: 5 109: 3-4 I10: 10 118: 164 Lawisns 138: 15 142: LO Proverbs
3: 14 3: 21-2 12:22
12> BED 15: 25 18 24: 18 Numbers
Il: 4 ee Hi) Deuteronomy
2: 6
SS Dp
igh 238) 25: 4
9: 17 Ecclesiastes
Zapp ils Judges
3° 5 Song of Songs
6: 11-21
Acne.
1 Kings 28: 11-19
Tsaiah
7:9 10: 22
2 Kings
12: I-14
Il: 2-3
12: 15-23
14: 12 42: 16-17
18: 5
Index of Biblical Passages Cited
38 9:
58: 7
20-2 16 19-20 42
10:
59: 7 61: 10 Jeremiah
10:
10:
: 28-30
i 50
23: 29 232.30 25: 10 29: 10 Ezekie
: 47-8
: 17-21
: 19
: 37
: 37-9
: 37-40
4: 16
8: 7-10 Esther
: 26-7
T4Acer3 Wisdom
: 26-8
4: 3 6: 26 7: 16
: 25-9
: 2-6 224
7: 27 13: 9
Ecclesiasticus
7: 27 12: 4
17 23 I-11
37: 2 37: 23 Matthew
43-4 28
BZ: 12
29 37
: 29-32
Wsnanat
: 15-20
Index of Biblical Passages Cited
24: John
78 Ge
12:
iz:
12:
12:
12:
12:
13: 18
10 12-14
13: ge
1 Corinthians
2 iG)
V7] fo i Wis eect atl Aer mcrae SELEY a eHC, 8
—_ OFS
16-18
Romans
13:
15:
15:
15:
49 50
15:
15:
53 2 Corinthians
Index of Biblical Passages Cited
3: 14 3: 20
72 156
1 Thessalonians
35 28, 39 26
71 86
Se fe
1 Timothy E25
130 69 143
20, 27, 29,
144 158
Iit
1-2
It: 16-30
12: 2-4 Galatians
2 Timothy
15-18 16
13 14 15 14 2
19 19-20 21-2
24 29 10-20 21-6
ee Bia Titus
122, 144,
5: 24 Ephesians
Mic ache ise erie etree area Brin me RS ST i: 22-3
23 18
19 15 22-4 22
2: 18 Revelation
27 29 16 6: 23 Philippians
I: 20
Sn ea Ge Sit Groton te Be
eas
7: 4
1: 18
19: 10
22: 8-9
Index
Abelard xx, xxi Abraham 8, 78, 90, 108-9, 126, 132 actors 22, 31,53 Adalram of Salzburg xxi adamant 44 adultery ix, 83-4, 137 agriculture 56-7 allegory 77, 88, 126, 150, 156 ambiguity 32, 37, 39, 41, 64, 68-9,
Caesar 49; Julius Caesar 152 Caesarea 139, 160 canon 35-6, 102, 105, 114, 150, 158 carbuncle 44 Carolingian Renaissance xix, xxi Carthaginians 53 Cassiodorus xx castration 81-2 calachresis 88, 149, 157 calerva 139 Cato 48, 152, 158 celibacy 81 'characters' 48, 50, 56 Charlemagne xix chronology 56, 64, 96, 154 Cicero xvii—xviii, 117, 123, 148, 152,
7-25 Oo, 103,015,055 Ambrose x, xvili, 55, 132, 134, 153-4 analogy xiii, 44, 46, 84 angels 5, 18, 22-5, 51, 89, 99, 122,
124 Angilbert xxi animals 16, 20, 30, 31, 37, 44, 47) 49,
60, 64, 72, 78 Anthony 4, 147 antiphrasis 88 Apollo 46 Arians 155 Aristotle 148 Assyria 92 astrologers xiv, 49-50, 152 astronomy 56, 152 Athanasius 147 augurs 48, 53 Aurelius ix Ausonius 152
156, 158, 159, 160 City of God xix, xx classification xiv, 61, 62 clausula 129, 141 cleansing 12 climax 107 cola 107, 109-10, 112-13, 128, 131 colloquialism 71, 115 commata 107, 10Q—10, I112—13, 131 compassion 34, 150 Confessions x, XiV—XV, XIX, 149, 154 conscience 29, 76, 81 : 'constellations' 50 consuls 55, 153 context 69-70, 72 'contracts' x, 19, 48, 51, 63, 149 convention 52-3, 76-8, 149 Cornelius 5 cosmetics 135 critics xi, 3, 69, 147 Cross 33, 52, 66 Cyprian xviii, 65, 120, 132, 135
Babylon 92, 99 Bacon, Roger xxi baptism 33, 55,75, 94 barbarism 40, 71, 151, 155-6 beauty 11, 12, 14, 109, 131 beryl 44 bishops viii, 122, 144 body 17-18, 21, 39, 46, 48, 55-6, go-1, 148 Borromeo xxii bread 8, 20, 86, 133 Buchanan, George xxii
David ix, 83-4, 113 death 16, 33 debates viii, 115, 116, 125
Index deduction 59-60 definition 61-2, 153 demons xiv, 48, 51-4, 65, 126 discovery 8, ror, 148 divination 51 division 61 ' Donatist ix, 89-90 - Donatus (grammarian) 155
129, 150, 154 Helicon 152 Henry of Ghent xxi heresy 91-2 heretics 46, 61, 69, 90 Hesiod 46, 152 hiccuping 48 Hilary 65, 154 historiography 36 history xiv, 55-6 horoscopes 57 hyssop 44, 66-7 education vii, x, 55, 67 Egypt 65-7, 92 Egyptians 64, 154 Elijah 45 eloquence 61, 87, 102-3, 106, 110-12, idols 48, 51, 65, 93, 112, 126 imagery 33, 68 infants 103 Inquisition, Spanish xxii inspiration 106 interjections 38 imlerrogalio 70 Trenaeus 154 irony 88 Isaiah 6 Isidore xx
I14-15, 117-19, 140, 144, 153 emendation 68, 155 enigma 88, 156 Epicureans 148 Erasmus xxii Esau 50, 78 Esther 145 Eugippius xx Eusebius 64, 151, 153, 154 falsehood 35, 53-4, 61, rol, 119, 141
Israel 64, 74, 93-5 Ttala 42 fast 45 fate 57 figurative expression 44,72, 75-6,
Jacob 8, 50 Jeremiah 55, 119, 144, 153 Jerome 64, 111, 129, 151, 154, 155,
78-81, 85, 106-7, 111 figure 65, 87, 114 figure of speech 87, 96, 110
156,159. Jerusalem 67, 73, 92, 126 Jesus Sirach 36, 150 Jews xv, 39, 43, 77, 107, 119 Joseph 113 Judaea 92 Jupiter 46, 47 flesh 12, 13, 19, 26, 39, 73, 77, 80, 84,
93, 94, 133 fornication 51,74
Gentiles 32, 74, 86, 92, 98, 108, 111 'genus' 92 gods 11,74 goodness 24, 32 gradalio 107 judgement 15-16, 96, 151 justice 47,79, 125 grammar xv, 87, 103, 129, 158 Greek 4, 38, 52, 71, 72, 77, 88, 128, kindness 76, 79-80, 114, 123
150-1
Lactantius 65, 154 language xv, 4, 5, 32, 37-40, 42, 44,
52, 54, 68, 87, 97, 111 law 49, 89-90 lion 85 happiness 9, 22, 25, 63, 106 haruspices 48, 56, 152 Hebrew xv, 4, 38, 43, 55, 64, 111,
Index 167 logic 58, 60, 63-4, 156 logicians 59, 92 Louis the Pious xxi Lucan xv, 152, 160 Lucifer 49, 99, 132 lying 49, 51, 54, 148, 149
Passover 66, 136 patriarchs 75 pedagogue 156 Pelagians 91 Pentecost 45, 151 percontatio 70 period 107, 109, 128, 159 Persius xv, 155 Peter 5 Philip 6 philosophers xii, 61, 64 philosophy xiv Plato xii, xiv, 55-6, 148, 153-4 Platonists 64 Plotinus xii, 148-9 poetry xv poets 48, 73, 106, 152 polygamy ix, xvi, 78, 81-2 prayer 4,24, 34, 121, 145-6 preaching viii, xix, 13, 58, 65, 118 predestination 95, 130 prefiguration 84 presentation 8, 101 pronunciation 71, 113 prophecy 28, 94 prophets 75, 78, 111, 120, 129 prostitute 78 prostitution 78 psaltery 46, 113 Ptolemy Philadelphus 43, 151 punctuation 68-71, 155 purification 12, 34-5, 39, 46, 70, magic 48 Mani ix Manichees ix, 155 manuscripts 42-3, 68, 71, 149 Mars 49 Martianus Capella 159 martyrs 18 medicine 14, 56~7, 81, 106, 123 Melchisadec 132 memory 4, 37, 42, 46, 49, 54, 80, 117 Mercury 46-7 metaphor 72, 77, 87-8, 99, 111, 51 metres 129 Milan vii, x monotheism 55, 72 moon 3, 57 Moses 6, 8, 45, 65, 143 murder 83, 84 Muses xiii, 46-7 music 46~7, 113, 129 natal days 49 Nathan 83 Nathaniel 71 Nazareth 71 neo-Platonism xii, 148, 154 Neptune 73-4 Noah 97, 132 number 46, 55, 58, 63, 96
148 Pythagoras 55, 153
Quintilian 155, 157, 158, 159
Raban Maur xxi 'recapitulation' 96, 157 repentance 16, 83 resurrection 14, 19, 46, 58-61, 74-5 rhetoric xvii, 101, 104~5, 107, 110, obscurity xvi, xvii, 3, 32, 33, 37) 385
775 89, 90, 98, 106, 114, 115 Olympiads 55, 153 Optatus 65, 154 oratory 104, 106, 114 Origen 154 ornament 102, 115, 126, 130—1, 138
128 rhythm 129, 141 Rome 79 rule(s): of eloquence/rhetoric 61, panegyrics 140 parable 88, 156
101-3, 107; of faith 68—7o, 155;
Index
Syriac 64
love 17;ofnumber 63; of rhythm
129; Tyconius 89-100 temple 46, 55, 73 Terence 154-5, 160 Tertullian 152 theatre 22, 47, 53 Thomas Aquinas xxi, 155 time 95 topography 56, 59 translations 39-40, 42, 43, 72, 129 translators 32, 38, 39, 40, 71, 115, sacrament 66, 75, 91 Samuel 51 Saul 51 schools 59, 101, 129 self-interest 75-6, 79 self-love 17-18, 21, 34 Septuagint 42, 111, 150, 151 sermon 103, [15-16, 121, 125, 137,
129 Trinity xii, 10, 12, 26, 34, 69, 126 tropes 87-8, 99 tunics 79 twins 50 Tyconius ix, xi, xvi, 89—100, 157
145-6 serpent 14, 44, 85 Servius 151 sex 54, 81-2 shorthand 54 signs xi, xili, xv, 8-9, 29-31, 37, 39,
41, 43, 53, 64, 67, 73-5, 100, 150 Siloam 43 slave gI, 107, 147 slavery 72-5 snake 44 society 47, 54, 63,77, 79, 103-4 solecism 40-1, 103, 150 Solomon xiv, 67, 84, 91, 93 sophisms 58 soul 16, 19, 72, 80, 155 'species' 92-3 standard of truth 12, 148 variation 112, 137-8 Varro 46-7, 152 Venus 49, 152 Victorinus 154 Virgil xv, 62, 151, 152, 159 virginity 132, 135 vocabulary 115, 129 vowels 116, 151, 156 Vulgate 150, 159 wisdom 12-14, 35,79, 104, 105,
107-8, 114, 144, 150 stars 57 Stoics xiv, 148, 153 style 106, 117-20, 125, 129-30, woman 14, 33, 78, 81, 83-4, 8s, 9!,
93, 135-7 words Xili, 6, 9, 10, 31-2, 38, 40, 41,
137-8, 140, 144 superstition 47-51, 54, 56-7, 77 syllables 148, 151, 156 syllogisms 58-9, 62 Symmachus 150 synecdoche 95
zoology 56, 59
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