Reading in Medieval St. Gall (Hardcover)

Learning to read in medieval Germany meant learning to read and understand Latin as well as the pupils' own language. The teaching methods used in the medieval Abbey of St. Gall survive in the translations and commentaries of the monk, scholar and teacher Notker Labeo (ca. 950-1022). Notker's pedagogic method, although deeply rooted in classical and monastic traditions, demonstrates revolutionary innovations that include providing translations in the pupils' native German, supplying structural commentary in the form of simplified word order and punctuation, and furnishing special markers that helped readers to perform texts out loud. Anna Grotans examines this unique interplay between orality and literacy in Latin and Old High German, and illustrates her study with many examples from Notker's manuscripts. This study has much to contribute to our knowledge of medieval reading, and of the relationship between Latin and the vernacular in a variety of formal and informal contexts.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
Release date:	May 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Anna A. Grotans
Dimensions:	254 x 188 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	380
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-80344-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Palaeography Promotions
LSN:	0-521-80344-6
Barcode:	9780521803441

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