Meaning of pseudonymy | Babel Free

Definitions

The use of a pseudonym.

uncountable

Examples

“It is now well known that the Irish employed pseudonymy in their Latin writings of that period. Some famous examples are the Pseudo-Augustinian De Mirabilibus Sacrae Scripturae, the Pseudo-Isidorian De Ordine Creaturarum, and the Cosmographia of the so-called "Aethicus Ister", ascribed by H. Löwe to Vergil (Fergil), an eight-century Irish bishop of Salzburg.”

“The consequences of accepting the pseudonymy hypothesis are similar to those of accepting the forgery hypothesis.”

“Pseudonymy, as a modern institution, can thus be contrasted to the mere anonymity of the copyist.”

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