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Augustine co-opted the world of grammatica. And just as
Hajnal has shown how mere writing and the teaching of
grammar could be completely one with the art of pronuntiatio
or oratorical delivery, (28) so Marrou shows how it could
happen that ancient grammatica became the basis for the
study of the Bible in the Middle Ages. We shall see how in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the ancient and medieval
techniques of exegesis flourished as never before. They became
the basis for the Baconian scientific program and were
thoroughly sidetracked by the new mathematics and the new
techniques of quantification.
A brief look at the changes in the various methods of
medieval exegesis will prepare the reader for some of the later
effects of printing on the arts and sciences. Beryl Smalley’s
Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages is an admirable survey