• Dicuilus (or the more vernacular version of the name Dícuil) was a monk and geographer, born during the second half of the 8th century. Noble and Evans...
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  • An earlier source that could possibly refer to the Papar is the work of Dicuil, an early 9th-century Irish monk and geographer, which included mention...
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    formulas were described by the Irish monk Dicuil in about 816 in his Computus. An English translation of Dicuil's account is available. The triangular number...
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    Aryabhata, Brahmagupta and Bhaskara II; and in medieval Europe to Alcuin, Dicuil, Fibonacci, Sacrobosco, and anonymous commentators of Talmud known as Tosafists...
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    habitation as early as the 4th century, Færeyinga Saga and the writings of Dicuil place initial Norse settlement in the early 9th century. As with the subsequent...
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    African elephants were not tamable. Another clue comes from the Irish monk Dicuil who mentions Abul-Abbas in his description of India in his geographic work...
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    Iceland in the book De mensura orbis terrae by the Irish monk Dicuil, dating to 825. Dicuil claimed to have met some monks who had lived on the island of...
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    crossed the sea to Thule, where they settled beside the Geats. The Irish monk Dicuil in his "Liber De Mensura Orbis Terrae" (written circa 825) after quoting...
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    A geography treatise De Mensura Orbis Terrae written by the Irish monk Dicuil (born late 8th century) reports a conversation with another monk, Fidelis...
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    monks) in Iceland before the Norse. This appears to tie in with comments of Dicuil and is given weight by recent archaeological discoveries. The settlement...
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    Portuguese 16th Madagascar, Somalia Pero Dias Portuguese 15th African coast Dicuil Irish 8th England, Scotland Karl von Ditmar Baltic German 19th Kamchatka...
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    Cellanus Clement of Ireland Coelius Sedulius Colman nepos Cracavist Columbanus Dicuil Donatus of Fiesole Dungal Hibernicus exul John Scotus Eriugena Joseph Scottus...
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  • writings of the Irish monk Dicuil. However, the version from Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar does correspond with the writings of Dicuil. The opening text is, "There...
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  • Cadac-Andreas Candidus Clemens the Grammarian Cogitosus, fl. c. 650? Cummian Dicuil Donatus of Fiesole Finnian of Moville, died 579 Iohannes Johannes Scottus...
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  • "Battle Ballad"     3:50 10. "Causa Latronum Normannorum" Joensen, Rieckmann quotes from De mensura Orbis terrae by Dicuil   5:37 Total length: 41:35...
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    written by the Irish monk Dicuil c.825 in his work Liber de Mensura Orbis Terrae (description of the sphere of the earth). Dicuil had met a "man worthy of...
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    similar groups of scholars many of whom were of Irish origin. The Irish monk Dicuil attended the former court, and the more famous Irishman John Scotus Eriugena...
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    arguably around the late 8th century, accounts from Irish priests such as Dicuil claim monks were there hundreds of years beforehand. The biggest historical...
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    Cellanus Clement of Ireland Coelius Sedulius Colman nepos Cracavist Columbanus Dicuil Donatus of Fiesole Dungal Hibernicus exul John Scotus Eriugena Joseph Scottus...
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    8. Warner, The Ulster Museum. The 9th-century Irish monk and geographer Dicuil describes Iceland in his work Liber de Mensura Orbis Terrae. Croffey, Amy...
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    Cellanus Clement of Ireland Coelius Sedulius Colman nepos Cracavist Columbanus Dicuil Donatus of Fiesole Dungal Hibernicus exul John Scotus Eriugena Joseph Scottus...
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    Norwegian Vikings, for instance: Doncanville (Duncan) or Digulleville (Dicuil cf. Digulstonga, Iceland) directly: the coastal route from the Orkney Islands...
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    Nordisk Numismatisk Årsskrift: 4–7. The 9th-century Irish monk and geographer Dicuil describes Iceland in his work Liber de Mensura Orbis Terrae. ”New View on...
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    There is also indirect evidence. Charlemagne's elephant is referenced by Dicuil, an Irishman writing around 825. Likewise, the Basel roll, a record of a...
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    Recherches geographiques et critiques on the De Mensura Orbis Terrae of Dicuil. In 1815 he was commissioned by government to complete the translation of...
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    divisions ratified by Augustus. The 8th-century Irish monk and geographer Dicuil, following his late Latin sources for the geographical summary De mensura...
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