Prose and cons

Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy written in around 524 AD is one of the earliest medieval works to use a mixture of verse and prose (prosimetrum), - Vatican, BAV, Vat.lat.1592 (11th century)

Prose is everywhere. In the newspapers on the morning table, in the school essays on the teacher's desk, in the novels we read, in the announcements on public tra…