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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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