And this may lead to the farther Query, whether dimidiation was originally or universally resorted to in the case of coheiresses?. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference
The figure thus produced is a strange one, but perfectly intelligible when the practice of impaling by dimidiation is recollected. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
The method of dimidiation used by Robert of Pinkney in the late twelfth century has already been noted (pi. vi,/); it continued in use occa - sionally during the thirteenth century as we shall see later in dealing with women's seals (pi. xv, h\ xvi, p, q). From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]] Reference
This dimidiation in the Gallican method of singing the Responsory led to some confusion of the sense of what was being sung, and Blessed Cardinal Tommasi, quoting from Amalarius, says that in consequence it became necessary to introduce some different verses in Gaul, so that there might be but one sense running through the words of both Respond and verse. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
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