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The treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine

Note 465 — THE DISCOURSE OF LORENZO VALLA ON THE FORGERY OF THE ALLEGED DONATION OF CONSTANTINE

Christopher Bush Coleman translation

The conjunction “seu” in classical Latin meant, as Valla insists, “or”; in the eighth century it was often used with the meaning “and.” The forger of the Donation used it in the latter sense. Valla did not see the significance of this usage for dating the forgery.

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