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- proper noun A
demon said to introduceerrors into the work ofscribes .
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Examples
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(The demon is commonly known as Titivillus as well as Tutivillus - names which, appropriately enough, must be misspellings of one another.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John L. Cisne et al. 2010
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What writer would turn down grappling arms capable of crushing even the Mechaneditors of Titivillus IV?
Things People Like to Write About; Or, This Week is Already Off to a Bad Start 2009
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In the century which I have endeavoured to represent in this work, there was a fiend, by name Titivillus.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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Calmann, Lévy and to their excellent collaborators for the care and experience they have employed in lightening the burden, which Titivillus will place on my back on the Day of Judgment.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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Titivillus apparently had difficulty locating so many transgressions and hit upon the idea of enticing scribes into making recordable errors, whereupon his success surpassed all bounds.
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If Mr. Russell is collecting Bible bloopers, he may not be aware of his monument to Titivillus 'skills:
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Sixtus V, pope from 1585 to 1590, apparently unaware of Titivillus, authorized a printing of the Vulgate Bible translated by Jerome.
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Obliged by the Devil to collect 1000 sacks of such notations daily, Titivillus carried them to Hell, where each transgression was recorded against the erring monk for consideration when he died and would be considered for relocation in Heaven or Hell.
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Titivillus is, or course, still with us, as any scribe or printer will testify.
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Overworked, the guild of scribes claimed that the inordinate number of errors in their work was the result of Titivillus 'spell -- thus exonerating themselves from any responsibility.
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