Description
Alternative title
Ælfrici grammatica
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. 2 + 96 + 2
Date created
[ca. 1500 - 1599]
Language
English, Old (ca. 450-1100), Latin
Material
Vellum
Layout
21 and 33 lines to a page
Height (mm)
190
Width (mm)
135
Collation
a(2), 1(8)-3(8) (+1) 4(8) 5(8) | 6 (three) 7(8)-12(8) 13(4), two flyleaves.
Writing
very well written
Foliation
ff. a-b + i-ii + 1-98 + c-d
Additions
A note on f. iiv of Parker's time.
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 449 is a manuscript of the Glossary and Grammar by Ælfric of Eynsham OSB (d. 1010). The original eleventh-century portion was obviously badly incomplete by the time Parker acquired it, and he had the missing parts of the text supplied by one of his own scribes. Ælfric's Grammar was one of the first instructional texts on Latin to be written in a vernacular; as such it was extremely useful for early modern scholars who could use the Latin material to learn Old English.
- Contents
- Grammar -- Glossary
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