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Ars Asporii
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- prose
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A 6th-century or early 7th-century commentary on Donatus, Ars minor, ascribed to one Asperus/Asperius or Asporius, who may have been an Irishman. It represents a Christianised reworking of the material.
Author
AsporiusAsporius
(fl. c.600?)
Asper Minor, Asperius
Asporius, known also as Asperius or Asper Minor (distinguishing him from Aemilius Asper), is the author to whom a grammar based on Donatus’ Ars minor is attributed. The possibility has been considered that he was an Irish or otherwise Insular grammarian and according to Vivien Law, he was probably active in Ireland or Burgundy.
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(fl. c.600?)
Asper Minor, Asperius
Asporius, known also as Asperius or Asper Minor (distinguishing him from Aemilius Asper), is the author to whom a grammar based on Donatus’ Ars minor is attributed. The possibility has been considered that he was an Irish or otherwise Insular grammarian and according to Vivien Law, he was probably active in Ireland or Burgundy.
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Ascribed to: AsporiusAsporius
(fl. c.600?)
Asper Minor, Asperius
Asporius, known also as Asperius or Asper Minor (distinguishing him from Aemilius Asper), is the author to whom a grammar based on Donatus’ Ars minor is attributed. The possibility has been considered that he was an Irish or otherwise Insular grammarian and according to Vivien Law, he was probably active in Ireland or Burgundy.
See more
(fl. c.600?)
Asper Minor, Asperius
Asporius, known also as Asperius or Asper Minor (distinguishing him from Aemilius Asper), is the author to whom a grammar based on Donatus’ Ars minor is attributed. The possibility has been considered that he was an Irish or otherwise Insular grammarian and according to Vivien Law, he was probably active in Ireland or Burgundy.
See more
Manuscripts
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, MS 207 [s. viii/ix]
ff. 13or–140r
rubric: ‘Incipit ars Asperi grammatici’
beg. ‘Partes orationis quot sunt’
Language
- Latin
Date
Late sixth or early seventh century.
Form
prose (primary)
Samples
The beginning of the text in Bern, Burgerbibliothek, MS 207 (e-codices).
Sources
Primary sources
Secondary sources (select)
Holtz, Louis, Donat et la tradition de l’enseignement grammatical: étude sur l’Ars Donati et sa diffusion (IVe-IXe siècle) et édition critique, Documents, études et répertoires publiés par l’Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes, Paris: C.N.R.S., 1981.
272–283
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Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2018, last updated: June 2023
