vi，p。426，andvol。xli，p。487。ForSt。Boniface’spart，seeBonifaciiEpistolae，ed。Giles，i，173。BergerdeXivrey，TraditionsTeratologiques，pp。186-188，makesacuriousattempttoshowthatPopeZacharydenouncedthewrongman；thattherealoffenderwasaRomanpoet——inthesixthbookoftheAeneidandthefirstbookoftheGeorgics。
Thisdecisionseemstohavebeenregardedasfinal，andfivecenturieslaterthegreatencyclopedistoftheMiddleAges，VincentofBeauvais，thoughheacceptsthesphericityoftheearth，treatsthedoctrineoftheantipodesasdisproved，becausecontrarytoScripture。Yetthedoctrinestilllived。JustasithadbeenpreviouslyrevivedbyWilliamofConchesandthenlaidtorest，sonowitissomewhattimidlybroughtoutinthethirteenthcenturybynolessapersonagethanAlberttheGreat，themostnotedmanofscienceinthattime。Buthisutterancesareperhapspurposelyobscure。Againitdisappearsbeneaththetheologicalwave，andahundredyearslaterNicolasd’Oresme，geographeroftheKingofFrance，alightofscience，isforcedtoyieldtotheclearteachingoftheScriptureascitedbySt。
Augustine。
Norwasthistheworst。InItaly，atthebeginningofthefourteenthcentury，theChurchthoughtitnecessarytodealwithquestionsofthissortbyrackandfagot。In1316PeterofAbano，famousasaphysician，havingpromulgatedthiswithotherobnoxiousdoctrinesinscience，onlyescapedtheInquisitionbydeath；andin1327Ceccod’Ascoli，notedasanastronomer，wasforthisandotherresultsofthought，whichbroughthimundersuspicionofsorcery，drivenfromhisprofessorshipatBolognaandburnedaliveatFlorence。Norwasthisallhispunishment：
Orcagna，whoseterriblefrescoesstillexistonthewallsoftheCampoSantoatPisa，immortalizedCeccobyrepresentinghimintheflamesofhell。[35]