Cassiodorus

American  

[kas-ee-uh-dawr-uhs, -dohr-] / ˌkæs i əˈdɔr əs, -ˈdoʊr- /

noun

1. Flavius Magnus Aurelius, died a.d. 575, Roman statesman and writer.

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Cassiodorus British  

/ ˌkæsɪəʊˈdɔːrəs /

noun

1. Flavius Magnus Aurelius (ˈfleɪvɪəs ˈmæɡnəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs). ?490–?585 _ad , Roman statesman, writer, and monk; author of Variae, a collection of official documents written for the Ostrogoths

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Cassiodorus

Cassiodorus, writing in the 6th century in southern Italy for the guidance of trainee scribes, included punctuation in his Institutions Divinarum et Saecularium Litterarum, recommending “clear pausing in well-regulated delivery”.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

To a Christian martyr, if we may credit the story told by Theodoret and Cassiodorus, belongs the honour of their final abolition.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

This letter from the Regent has just arrived; Cassiodorus composed it.

From The Scarlet Banner by Felix Dahn

In his later years Cassiodorus retired to a monastery which he founded and organized according to the Benedictine rule.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

Hence to Cassiodorus must be assigned the honour of realising that the multiplication of manuscripts was a recognised employment of monastic life.

From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry

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