Ars dictaminis
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The ars dictaminis was the medieval description of the art of prose composition, and more specifically of the writing of letters (dictamen). It is closely linked to the ars dictandi, covering the composition of documents other than letters. The standing assumption was that these writings would composed in Latin, and according to well worked-out models. This made the arts of composition a subfield of rhetoric.
Figures in the revival of the Roman culture of letter writing and document composition were Albericus Cassinensis, his critic Adalbert of Samaria (Praecepta Dictaminum, c.1120) and Lawrence of Aquilegia.
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- (German) Timeline of the ars dictandi
