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First edition of 10th-century compendium of grammatical lore,
second only in importance to AElfric's own Grammar. When the famous
Anglo-Saxon scholar AElfric wrote the first grammar in a European
vernacular, he used as his direct source the Excerptiones de
Prisciano excerpts from major curriculum authors of the medieval
schools, including Donatus, Isidore and Priscian himself . The
tenth-century text, probably of English origin, most probably
compiled by AElfric, is an ambitious compendium of grammatical
lore, and it is, with the exception of AElfric's own Grammar,
arguably the most sophisticated Latin-learning text of the
Anglo-Saxon age. Edited here for the first time,the Excerptiones
appear with all scholia, an English translation, and a full
contextual introduction. DAVID W. PORTER is Professor of English,
Southern University, Baton Rouge.
Translation (and text) of colloquies gives vivid picture of
Anglo-Saxon monastic education. The monk Aelfric Bata is the only
identifiable graduate of the school of Aelfric `Grammaticus', the
tenth-century Anglo-Saxon homilist whose Grammar, Glossary and
Colloquyformed part of an educational plan for English boys. Bata's
Colloquies, Latin conversations set in a monastic school, open a
door into the world of Anglo-Saxon monasticism, revealing the
details of daily activities: rising and dressing, studying the
day's lesson, eating, bathing and tonsuring. Oblates ask a master's
help in reading, bargain for a manuscript-copying job, obtain help
in sharpening a pen. One colloquy depicts a flyting between master
and student, who exchange graphic scatologicalinsults. Combining
the spare diction of his teacher Aelfric with the ornate
glossematic vocabulary of Aldhelm, Aelfric Bata creates a
cloistered world where comedy, invective, sermon and poetic
recitation mix. The Colloquiesare presented with an English
translation, glosses and full notes. Dr SCOTT GWARA teaches in the
Department of English at the University of South Carolina:
Professor DAVID PORTER teaches in the Department of English at
SouthernUniversity, Baton Rouge.
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