HOLLIS 'Virgilius Maro Grammaticus Epitomae' (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Virgilius%20Maro%20Grammaticus%20Epitomae&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 returns the Latin text in the Brepols Library of Latin Texts and Archive of Celtic Latin Literature, an 1828 Latin printing, and modern translations into Italian (Epitomi ed epistole, Liguori, 1979), French (Les Epitomae de Virgile de Toulouse, 1928) and German (Virgilius redivivus, WVT, 2021). No English translation of the Epitomae appears in any Harvard record, and none was found in the standard translation series. The work accordingly has complete modern versions in three continental languages and none in English.
The Epitomae are the strangest grammatical text of the early Middle Ages: a pastiche of invented authorities, fictitious verb paradigms and parodic etymologies, conventionally ascribed to an Irish scholar of the seventh century and read as a satire on late-antique grammar-teaching. Three continental languages have modern translations while English has none, so the one work that shows the insular classroom from the inside remains closed to English readers. No free electronic text could be verified, since the available Latin witnesses are subscription databases.
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| Wisdom, authority, and grammar in the seventh century : decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus | Law, Vivien. "Wisdom, authority, and grammar in the seventh century : decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus." Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990053188170203941 |