Sentence examples for writing circa from inspiring English sources

An alternative name for this famous theorem was Elefuga, which Roger Bacon, writing circa ad 1250, derived from Greek words indicating "escape from misery".

An alternative name for this famous theorem was Elefuga, which Roger Bacon, writing circa ad 1250, derived from Greek words indicating "escape from misery". Medieval schoolboys did not usually go beyond the Bridge of Asses, which thus marked their last obstruction before liberation from the Elements.

A sample of Butler's notes on writing, circa 1970-95.

Before the introduction of alphabetic writing circa 800 BCE, Greece was illiterate, and the poetic traditions that preserved memories of the Mycenaean age must have been exclusively oral.

A previously unpublished story, written circa 1961.

(This story was written circa 1961).

The Divine Comedy, Italian La Divina Commedia, original name Commedia, long narrative poem written circa 1308 21 by Dante.

In an old suitcase crammed with pictures, I found a photo taken in that house; on the back, my mother had written, "circa 1950".

To the first group belonged a now-lost work, written circa 1170 by an Icelander called Eiríkr Oddsson, dealing with several 12th-century kings of Norway.

More prophetic of the sophisticated poetry that was to follow was The Kingis Quair (The King's Book), attributed to King James I and written circa 1423.

In Guilty, written circa 1943 and now published for the first time, the author's imagined version of Britain in conflict, alienating officialdom and potential post-war reconstruction echoes Kafka while anticipating Camus.