PL 90, col. 305

De ratione temporum (Beda), J. P. Migne

quam calculatoribus visibile est: quibus cum versum
per verba, verba per pedes, pedes per syllabas, syllabas
per tempora dividant, et longae quidem duo
tempora, unum brevi tribuant, ultra in quod dividant
non habentibus, hoc atomum nuncupari complacuit.
Attamen mathematici in explorandis hominum
genituris, ad atomum usque pervenire contendunt,
dum Zodiacum circulum in XII signa, signa
singula in partes XXX, partes item singulas in punctos
XII, punctos singulos in momenta XL, momenta
singula in ostenta LX distribuunt, ut, considerata

Text from the Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).

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