Auctores octo morales
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The Auctores octo morales (Eight Moral Authors) was a collection of Latin textbooks, of an elementary standard, that was used for pedagogy in the Middle Ages
in Europe. It was printed in many editions, from the end of the fifteenth century. At that time it became standardised as:
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
in Europe. It was printed in many editions, from the end of the fifteenth century. At that time it became standardised as:
- Distichs of CatoDistichs of CatoThe Distichs of Cato , is a Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality by an unknown author named Dionysius Cato from the 3rd or 4th century AD. The Cato was the most popular medieval schoolbook for teaching Latin, prized not only as a Latin textbook, but as a moral compass...
- Eclogue of TheodulusEclogue of TheodulusThe Eclogue of Theodulus was a Latin verse dialogue, which became a standard school text of the Middle Ages. Scholarship generally dates it to the 10th century, though earlier dates are also given....
- Facetus: Liber Faceti docens mores iuvenum
- De contemptu mundi
- Liber Floretus
- Matthew of VendômeMatthew of VendômeMatthew of Vendôme was a French poet of the twelfth century, writing in Latin. He was a pupil of Bernard Silvestris, at Tours, as he himself writes. He is known for his Ars Versificatoria, a theoretical work on versification.According to E. R. Curtius,.....
, Tobias - Alan of Lille, Doctrinale altum parabolarum
- AesopAesopAesop was a Greek writer credited with a number of popular fables. Older spellings of his name have included Esop and Isope. Although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a...
, version attributed to Gualterus AnglicusGualterus AnglicusGualterus Anglicus was an Anglo-Norman poet writing in Latin, who produced a seminal version of Aesop's Fables, in distichs, around the year 1175.-Identification of the author:...
(online text).