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Middle Ages: the phenomenon of reminiscence, of which
more must be said later. With regard to literature, a
fundamental observation must be made here; in the
Middle Ages, as in antiquity, they read usually, not as
today, principally with the eyes, but with the lips,
pronouncing what they saw, and with the ears, listening
to the words pronounced, hearing what is called the
“voices of the pages.” It is a real acoustical reading;
legere means at the same time audire ; one understands
only what one hears, as we still say: “entendre le latin,”
which means to “comprehend” it. No doubt, silent
reading, or reading in a low voice, was not unknown; in
that case it is designated by expressions like those of St.
Benedict: tacite legere or legere sibi , and according to St.
Augustine: legere in silentio , as opposed to the clara
lectio . But most frequently, when legere and lectio are