Tatwine

Tatwin (also Tatwine, Tatuin, Tatuinus; † 30 July 734) was 731-734 Archbishop of Canterbury.

Life

Tatwin came from Mercia. He was a priest in the monastery Briudun at the present village of Breedon -on-the -Hill in Leicestershire and is known for his faith, his wisdom, and especially because of his knowledge of the scriptures. On June 10, 731 Tatwin was consecrated by the bishops of Winchester Daniel, Ingwald of London, Aldwin of Lichfield and Ealdwulf of Rochester archbishop. Symeon of Durham indicates the year 732 and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 729. After Tatwin 733 by Pope Gregory III. had received the pallium he consecrated the bishops Alwig and Sigfrid. He died on 30 July 734 and was later canonized.

Works

His two most important works are:

The Ars Tatuini is a grammar that deals with the "eight parts of speech." Tatwin used Donatus, Servius Consentius and as templates that he literally took over the part, partly shortened and extended to include a chapter on verbs. Due to its simple style it was suitable as a beginners textbook and found beyond England dissemination. The book was written before his consecration as archbishop.

Enigmata is a collection of 40 puzzles on different topics, such as philosophy, charity, Five Senses, alphabet, book and pen. The puzzles, the respective solution is identified in the title were not written only for entertainment, but should also address policy. The 40 puzzles are linked artfully through the first and last letters of the beginning verses by the first letter in descending order, a acrostic (sub deno quater haec diuerse Enigmata torquens ) and also the final letters in reverse ascending order to a telephoto Tikhon ( stamine can connect metrorum exstructor conserta retexit ). A Conclusion, which is placed at the beginning of the work in a part of the tradition has, expressly to this artful system. The individual puzzles are, as it corresponds to the genre, written in one of the modern reader monotone acting style, keeping in metrics and prosody less classical than the common practice of their time. The book was probably written after his consecration as archbishop.