tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690102742236483598.post2299149216248166475..comments2024-03-28T05:58:19.438-07:00Comments on Assorted retorts from yahoo boards and elsewhere: Speaking of ancient learning ...Hans Georg Lundahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690102742236483598.post-67992466616664981732009-03-14T03:33:00.000-07:002009-03-14T03:33:00.000-07:00Here are the ages according to four authorities.Tw...Here are the ages according to four authorities.<BR/><BR/>Two agree, namely Sts Augustine and Isidor of Sevilla:<BR/>1 Infantia - to 7<BR/>2 Pueritia - to emission of semen or 14<BR/>3 Adolescentia - to beard or 24<BR/>4 Iuventus - to 50<BR/>5 Gravitas, aetas sen<B>iorum</B> - to 70<BR/>6 Senectus, aetas sen<B>um</B> - to death.<BR/><BR/>St Bede calls 5 senectus and 6 aetas decrepita.<BR/><BR/>The author of De Hebdomadibus (a Greek, probably from pagan times) gives these limits:<BR/><BR/>1 Puerulus - to 7<BR/>2 Puer - to emission of semen or 14<BR/>3 Adolescens - to beardgrowth or 21<BR/>4 Iuvenis - to 35<BR/>5 Vir - to 49<BR/>6 Senior - to 63<BR/>7 Senex - to 98 (death).<BR/><BR/>Cited in Dictionnaire Raisonné du Moyen Age Occidental by editors Jacques Le Goff and Jean-Claude Schmitt.Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.com