Question

Eliot Weinberger’s book-length essay Angels and Saints is illustrated by the grid poems of this author. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 8th- to 9th-century Benedictine monk who wrote Latin-language “figure poems” such as “In honorem sanctae crucis,” where the words take the shape of a cross before which the speaker kneels.
ANSWER: Rabanus Maurus [or Hrabanus Maurus; or Rabanus Maurus Maxentius]
[10m] This man, who wrote a diamond-shaped acrostic poem about the cross called “De Sancta Cruce,” mentored Rabanus Maurus in his studies. This scholar developed a minuscule script used by the Holy Roman Empire.
ANSWER: Alcuin of York
[10e] This man invited Alcuin of York to the court of his royal family. In The Song of Roland, the title character fights in this king's army.
ANSWER: Charlemagne
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