Syllogae

Abstract

Syllogaeare manuscript collections of epigraphic poems (tituli) transcribed by pilgrims to important Christian sites, particularly in Rome. Anglo‐Saxons participated in compiling and transmittingsyllogaefrom the seventh century on. They imitated and innovated the genres they found insyllogaeto authorize their own practices and identities. From early on, the inscriptional verse of thesyllogaewas supplemented by other kinds of epigram.