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- noun Plural form of
florilegium .
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Such collections, known as florilegia, were collections of citations organized around the order of scripture.
Literary Forms of Medieval Philosophy Sweeney, Eileen 2008
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Medieval culture reveled in derivative works of every kind: translations, adaptations, abridgements, elaborations, collections, and florilegia.
The Venerable Heritage of Free Culture Leigh 2008
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Medieval culture reveled in derivative works of every kind: translations, adaptations, abridgements, elaborations, collections, and florilegia.
Archive 2008-05-18 Leigh 2008
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What were available were florilegia and manuals of various kinds that quoted Augustine extensively and arranged passages from Augustine's works under various topics.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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What were available were florilegia and manuals of various kinds that quoted Augustine extensively and arranged passages from Augustine's works under various topics.
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Much space is wasted by reports of the readings of several heavily interpolated mediaeval florilegia; more is wasted by an undue attention to mediaeval spellings and attempts to reproduce abbreviations and to show the precise appearance of secondary corrections.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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The ascetical florilegia are collections of moral sentences and excerpts drawn partly from the Scriptures and partly from the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Other extant ascetical florilegia still remain unedited.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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As in the case of the dogmatic florilegia, most of them are anonymous.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The mass of facts and citations collected by him and pieced together in his writings is in fact unexampled in antiquity, though it is not unlikely that he drew at times upon the florilegia, or anthologies, exhibiting choice passages of literature.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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