A New Statistical Analysis of Accentual Prose Rhythms in Imperial Latin Authors

'Cursus in clausula', an Online Analysis Tool of Latin Prose

“…In fact there are several modern statistical methods that they can reveal firstly whether a writer favors or dislikes certain rhythmical patterns. 10 Here, only the methods taken into account in the on-line tool Cursus in clausula will be summarized.…”

“…For the evaluating of canonic medieval cursus it is relevant to know the position of stress on the penultimate and 9 For an exhaustive definition of "suprasegmental" features see [17, 1 ss.]. 10 Among the most interesting and widespread methods are the ones studied by [18] on metrical endings, by [19] on cursus mixtus, and by [20] on medieval cursus. 11 [9,[12][13]: «[…] we need a method by which it is possible to compare the actually observed frequency of any cadence with the frequency to be expected if the author is indifferent to the use of that cadence.» the accent position with length in syllables of the ultimate word.…”

“…This agreement of metrical and accentual rhythm as the principle rhythmic ornament modality is defined cursus mixtus by the modern scholars [10], [11], [8]. An example of cursus mixtus is the cretic-spondee: apòstolo dìcunt (+-+|--), that is also a cadence of cursus planus (pp 2p xooxo).…”

Syllabic quantity patterns as rhythmic features for Latin authorship attribution

“…4 Regarding the following notation, "À" stands for a stressed syllable and "+" stands for an unstressed syllable. See, for example, Oberhelman and Hall (1984) and Janson (1975) for an in-depth analysis of this stylistic technique. 5 http://www.mlat.uzh.ch/MLS/ Petrus de Boateriis, since the collection consists of a miscellanea of different authors, often represented by just one epistle each; as such, this collection is hardly useful for our goals.…”

La Nouvelle Histoire au VIIe s.: l’Historia Wambae de Julien de Tolède

“…En effet,l ' analyse des huit premiers chapitres prouve l'extrême pulvérisation des types de mètres dans les fins de phrases⁶¹: Nicolau1 930, 123 -131.Apartir de trois textes non rythmiques( Cicéron, Calvin et Descartes),Oberhelman 1984 trouved es pourcentages qui oscillent entre5 6,1%e t5 7, 9% . Collins 1992, 8 -9. En effet,l ' analyse des huit premiers chapitres prouve l'extrême pulvérisation des types de mètres dans les fins de phrases⁶¹: Nicolau1 930, 123 -131.Apartir de trois textes non rythmiques( Cicéron, Calvin et Descartes),Oberhelman 1984 trouved es pourcentages qui oscillent entre5 6,1%e t5 7, 9% . Collins 1992, 8 -9.…”