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Johannes Scotus Eriugena

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Tabula tantum.
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The breadth of the table.
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William of Malmesbury Gesta Pontificum, Bk. 5; translation from Helen Waddell The Wandering Scholars (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1954) p. 78.
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His reply to Charles the Bald's taunt, as they sat at the same table, "Quid distat inter sottum et Scottum?", (How far is an Irishman from a drunkard?).

 
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