<i>Magnus quae uox? </i>is an anonymous Latin parsing grammar of the tenth or the early eleventh century. The text is preserved in one manuscript, Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14737, fols 157<sup>v</sup>-183<sup>v</sup>, and was copied in the region of southwestern Swabia-Alemannia. The headwords used for the parsing analysis in <i>Magnus quae uox? </i>are ‘magnus’, ‘ego’, ‘lego’, ‘semel’, ‘legens’, ‘atque’, ‘apud’ and ‘heu’, and <i>Magnus quae uox? </i>presents a commentary on Donatus’s <i>Ars Maior </i>(on topics from Book I) and <i>Ars Minor </i>within a framework of parsing. The sources consist of Priscian’s <i>Institutiones Grammaticae</i>, the commentaries on Donatus’s <i>Ars Maior </i>of the <i>scotti peregrini,</i> the Remigius of Auxerre’s commentaries on Donatus’s two <i>Artes. Magnus quae uox? </i>is unique and distinctive among medieval parsing grammars in terms of the combination of the parsing method and commentary, the detailed treatment of topics from Donatus’s <i>Ars Maior,</i> the extensive use of Priscian’s <i>Institutiones Grammaticae</i>, and the keen interest in the etymology of grammatical terms and examples. The main body of my dissertation is comprised of a critical edition of <i>Magnus quae uox?, </i>a commentary on it and a translation of the text. The introduction includes a survey of Latin parsing grammars of the ninth to the eleventh centuries as well as introductory chapters on <i>Magnus quae uox?</i>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:605056 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Jang, Jee Yeon |
| Publisher | University of Cambridge |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251886 |
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