Fontes Anglo-Saxonici

Comment:: Cross argues that the poet here alludes to the possible existence of antipodeans, a notion condemned by Augustine, Isidore and Bede. The idea is advanced, among others, by Martianus Capella.
Bibliography:: Cross 1972b, 78-81

Contributor:: D.C. Anlezark

Created:: 2001-05-03

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Contributor:	D.C. Anlezark
Text:	Anon (OE): The Order of the World
Edition:	Krapp and Dobbie 1936, 163-66
Reference:	C.A.3.14
Created:	2001-05-03
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-06-07

6.626

europa distenditur usque … inchoans asia

Anon (OE)

M3ao

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

possible

and

asia is befangen … togædre licgeað

8.16-22

Comment:: cf. 8.19-20, in Danai þære … togædre licgað

Contributor:: R. Jayatilaka

Created:: 2001-02-20

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Contributor:	R. Jayatilaka
Text:	Anon (OE): Orosius, History against the Pagans
Edition:	Bately 1980
Reference:	C.B.9.2
Created:	2001-02-20
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-06-07

6.626

asia nili itidem … africamque disrumpens

Anon (OE)

M3ao

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

possible

and

africa and asia … hæt fortunatus

9.11-17

Comment:: cf. 9.11-12, Affrica and Asia … Nilus þa ea

Contributor:: R. Jayatilaka

Created:: 2001-02-20

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Contributor:	R. Jayatilaka
Text:	Anon (OE): Orosius, History against the Pagans
Edition:	Bately 1980
Reference:	C.B.9.2
Created:	2001-02-20
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-06-07

6.646

nam trinacria … triangula censeatur

Anon (OE)

M3ao

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

possible

and

sicilia þæt igland … þam lande

21.2-11

Comment:: cf. 21.2, ðryscyte

Contributor:: R. Jayatilaka

Created:: 2001-02-20

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Contributor:	R. Jayatilaka
Text:	Anon (OE): Orosius, History against the Pagans
Edition:	Bately 1980
Reference:	C.B.9.2
Created:	2001-02-20
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-06-07

6.651

tertius autem europae … graecia omnis

Anon (OE)

M3a

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

possible

and

on þæs ambictiones … moncynnes tydriend

24.32-25.6

Comment:: cf. 25.1, Thasalia, Creca byrig

Contributor:: R. Jayatilaka

Created:: 2001-02-20

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Contributor:	R. Jayatilaka
Text:	Anon (OE): Orosius, History against the Pagans
Edition:	Bately 1980
Reference:	C.B.9.2
Created:	2001-02-20
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-06-07

6.666

ultima omnium tyle

Anon (OE)

M3ao

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

possible

and

þonne be westannorðan … for ðære oferfyrre

19.18-20