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changed here in the Latin, and whilst it would be pleasing to see this as thought-out<br />

alliteration, it could very well be the case that the phrase is written as such merely because it<br />

is reflective <strong>of</strong> the spoken language or a literary borrowing since the phrase was also used by<br />

his elder brother Leander. 324 In short, the intentionalist fallacy must always be accounted for.<br />

Nevertheless, there are examples <strong>of</strong> alliteration in the monastic rules that do appear to<br />

be purposeful: “carnem cum Christo crucifigere”; 325 “et sicut publice peccauerunt publice<br />

poenitere et poenitenda ultra non commitere”; 326 “hebdomadarii per singulas sibi succedant<br />

hebdomadas” (note also the use <strong>of</strong> hyperbaton: singulas […] hebdomadas, which would<br />

normally be expected to be together); 327 “aliis sex mensibus succedentibus sub senioris<br />

spiritualis custodia” (note the use <strong>of</strong> inversion for what might normally be expected: sub<br />

custodia senioris spiritualis); 328 “quibus melius esset si diuitas suas cum humilitate in<br />

saeculo fruerentur, quam ut iam pauperes effecti de earum distributione elatione superbiae<br />

extollantur”; 329 “speciosam uel variam suppectilem monachuum habere non licet, cuius<br />

stratus erit storea et stragulum‖. 330<br />

324 De institutione uirginum 23, “faber ferrarius fuisse legitur‖.<br />

325 Common Rule 5.<br />

326 Common Rule 19.<br />

327 Rule <strong>of</strong> Fructuosus 9.<br />

328 Rule <strong>of</strong> Fructuosus 16.<br />

329 Rule <strong>of</strong> Isidore 4.4.<br />

330 Rule <strong>of</strong> Isidore 13.1.<br />

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