Anecdoton

//əˈnɛkdətɒn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of anecdote. Grecian, alt-of, alternative

    "9. There is another, in the library of St. German de Prez, about 500 years old. Montfaucon, having met with it, published it¹ as an anecdoton; not knowing that it was Bruno’s comment. It is not indeed quite so full, nor any thing near so correct as the printed copies : but still it is plainly Bruno’s comment. The title, Tractatus de Fide Catholica."

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"9. There is another, in the library of St. German de Prez, about 500 years old. Montfaucon, having met with it, published it¹ as an anecdoton; not knowing that it was Bruno’s comment. It is not indeed quite so full, nor any thing near so correct as the printed copies : but still it is plainly Bruno’s comment. The title, Tractatus de Fide Catholica."

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