Part of
Grammatica, Gramadach and Gramadeg: Vernacular grammar and grammarians in medieval Ireland and WalesEdited by Deborah Hayden and Paul Russell
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 125] 2016
► pp. 133–148
Edited by Deborah Hayden and Paul Russell
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 125] 2016
► pp. 133–148
Teaching between the lines
Grammar and Grammatica in the classroom in Early Medieval Wales
This chapter takes three glossed texts emanating from early medieval Wales and considers the contribution the glossing makes to the educational utility of the texts. By a happy chance, texts have survived which arguably illustrate three distinct stages in the learning of Latin – from the early manipulation of Latin morphology and vocabulary-learning through the development of a familiarity with Latin verse to sophisticated annotation and commentary.
Keywords: De Raris Fabulis, glosses, Juvencus, Old Welsh, Ovid, stages in medieval education
