Dicuil
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Dicuilus (Gaelic: ; fl.814–825 A.D.) was an Irish monk, astronomer, geographer and author born during the second half of the 8th century, possibly in the Hebrides. He travelled the Frankia around the turn of the 9th century and was involved with the Carolingian Renaissance under Louis the Pious. He was the author of astronomical and cosmographical treatises during the early 9th century, an example of Hiberno-Latin culture.
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- Dicvili Liber de mensvra orbis terrae
- Liber de mensura orbis terrae
- Liber de mensura orbis terrae: ex duobus codd. MSS. Bibliothecae imperialis
- Dicuili liber De mensura orbis terrae ex duobus codd. mss. Bibliothecae imperialis
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Key facts
- Monk.religion
- Catholicism
- Monk.name
- Dicuil
- Monk.image
- BnF Latin 4806 f25 Dicuil De Mensura Orbis Terrae.png
- Monk.alias
- Dicuilus
- Monk.birth_date
- 8th century (2nd half)
- Monk.birth_place
- Ireland?
- Monk.main interests
- Astronomy, Cosmography
- Monk.notable works
- De Mensura Orbis Terrae (825)
- Monk.death_date
- After 825
- Monk.caption
- Folio 25 of BnF Latin 4806, the earliest manuscript of De Mensura Orbis Terrae.
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- date of birth
- 0755-00-00
- date of death
- 0825-00-00
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8 sectionsContents
- Background
- Astronomical computus
- ''De mensura Orbis terrae''
- Publication history
- Manuscripts
- Published editions
- Notes
- References
Dicuilus (Gaelic: ; fl.814–825 A.D.) was an Irish monk, astronomer, geographer and author born during the second half of the 8th century, possibly in the Hebrides. He travelled the Frankia around the turn of the 9th century and was involved with the Carolingian Renaissance under Louis the Pious. He was the author of astronomical and cosmographical treatises during the early 9th century, an example of Hiberno-Latin culture.
==Background== The exact dates of Dicuil's birth and death are unknown; indeed all details of his life are known only from his writings. Tierney suggests his birth to be sometime around c.760–770 A.D. Of his life nothing is known except that he probably belonged to one of the numerous Irish monasteries of the Frankish Kingdom, and became acquainted by personal observation with islands near England and Scotland. From 814 and 816 Dicuil taught in one of the schools of Louis the Pious, where he wrote an astronomical work, and in 825 a geographical work.