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Ars Asporii

Asperius
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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
AsperiusAsperius
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Ascribed to: Asporius
Asporius
(fl. c.600?)
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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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)

Classification

Hiberno-Latin textsHiberno-Latin texts
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Samples

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The beginning of the text in Bern, Burgerbibliothek, MS 207 (e-codices).

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Hagen, Hermann, Anecdota Helvetica quae ad grammaticam latinam spectant ex Bibliothecis Turicensi, Einsidlensi, Bernensi, Leipzig: Teubner, 1870.
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39–61 [‘Ars Asperi grammmatici’]

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
Law, Vivien, The Insular Latin grammarians, Studies in Celtic History, 3, Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1982.
35–41
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2018, last updated: June 2023
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