De creatura
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De creatura
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De creatura is an 83-line Latin polystichic poem by the seventh- to eighth-century Anglo-Saxon poet Aldhelm and an important text among Anglo-Saxon riddles. The poem seeks to express the wondrous diversity of creation, usually by drawing vivid contrasts between different natural phenomena, one of which is usually physically higher and more magnificent, and one of which is usually physically lower and more mundane. De creatura is one of two of Aldhelm's riddles known to have been translated into
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Medieval Latin riddle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_creatura
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2024-04-04T11:50:16Z
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