A riddle on the three orders in the Collectanea Pseudo-Bedae?

From: Philological Quarterly | Date: June 22, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Vidi bipedem super tripodem sedentem, cecidit bipes, corruit tripes. (1) I saw a "two-foot" sitting on a "three-foot"; the "two-foot" fell, the "three-foot" collapsed.

This riddle occurs in the Collectanea Pseudo-Bedae and in the recent and very useful edition of that important insular Latin miscellany, the editorial commentator solves the riddle as "a man sitting on a three-legged stool who falls over." (2) The bulk of the comment, however, is devoted to the literary history of the riddle and identifies it quite correctly as a very early instance of a well known set of ...

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