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Article published In: Historiographia Linguistica
Vol. 42:1 (2015) ► pp.1–19

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The First Edition of the ars minor of Manuel Álvares’ De institvtione grammatica libri tres (Lisbon, 1573)

 | Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real
Published online: 26 May 2015
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Summary
Based on a hitherto unknown copy of Manuel Álvares’ (1526–1583) very significant Latin grammar Emmanvelis Alvari è Societate Iesv de institvtione grammatica libri tres (Lisbon, 1573), this paper presents the first edition of what the author himself (in a Spanish letter to his superior in Rome) once called ‘arte pequeña’. Additionally, the present paper exploits the distinction of ars minor vs. ars maior as a means of investigating the separate publishing history of the student’s textbook (Álvares 1573a) in comparison to the teacher’s handbook (Álvares 1572), thus enabling a better understanding of the impact these two grammars have had all over the world from the 16th century to the 20th century.
Résumé
Basé sur un exemplaire jusqu’ici inconnu de l’éminente grammaire latine de Manuel Álvares (1526–1582) Emmanvelis Alvari è Societate Iesv de institvtione grammatica libri tres (Lisbonne, 1573), cet article présente cette première édition de ce que l’auteur luimême (dans une lettre en espagnol à son supérieur à Rome) a appelé une fois arte pequeña “petite grammaire”. A titre additionnel, il explore le concept d’ars minor vs. ars maior, comme un moyen d’enquête sur l’histoire de la publication séparée du manuel de l’élève (Álvares 1573a), par rapport au livre du maître (Álvares 1572), permettant ainsi une meilleure compréhension de l’impact que ces deux grammaires ont eu partout dans le monde du XVIe siècle jusqu’au XXe siècle.
Zusammenfassung
Anhand eines bislang unbekannten Exemplars von Manuel Álvares’ (1526–1583) grundlegender Lateingrammatik Emmanvelis Alvari è Societate Iesv de institvtione grammatica libri tres (Lissabon, 1573), stellt dieser Beitrag vor, was der Verfasser selbst (in einem Brief auf Spanisch an seinen Vorgesetzten in Rom) einmal als ‘arte pequeña’ bezeichnet hatte. Zudem untersuche ich das Konzept von ars minor vs. ars maior als Mittel einer Untersuchung der unterschiedlichen Veröffentlichungstradition der Schülergrammatik (Álvares 1573a) im Vergleich zur Lehrergrammatik (Álvares 1572), wodurch ein besseres Verständnis der Wirkung ermöglicht werden soll, die beide Grammatiken weltweit vom 16. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert hatten.
Resumo
Con base en un ejemplar hasta ahora desconocido de la gramática latina fundamental de Manuel Álvares (1526–1583) intitulada Emmanvelis Alvari è Societate Iesv de institvtione grammatica libri tres (Lisboa, 1573), este trabajo presenta la primera edición de lo que el propio autor (en una carta a su superior español en Roma) una vez llamara ‘arte pequeña’. Además, exploto el concepto ars minor vs. ars maior como medio de investigar la historia editorial diferente del manual del alumno (Álvares 1573a) en comparación con el manual del profesor (Álvares 1572), lo que permitirá una mejor comprensión del impacto que estas dos gramáticas han tenido en todo el mundo desde el siglo XVI hasta el siglo XX.
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