Note 24 — Book I. Choice of Words, Rhythmical Composition of Sentences
Reading edition
Alberic (Rockinger, I. 25) has the same threefold division, but calls [1] suspensiva, and says that it ends acuto accentu. Conrad (Rockinger, I. 443) follows Alberic’s terms, and quotes (444-445) Alexander de Villedieu’s Doctrinale, 2348-2358. The Candelabrum grasps clearly the ancient conception of a period as a sentence rhythmically composed and rhythmically completed.