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Vol. 8:1 (1981) ► pp.69–97

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Medieval donatus commentaries

 | Simon Fraser University
Published online: 1 January 1981
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hl.8.1.07bur
Summary
The rich treasure-house of unedited grammatical material, some of which has already been reported, held in various manuscript collections dating from the Middle Ages contains a number of versions of the grammatical works of Donatus and more than 200 commentaries, most of them anonymous, on various aspects of the Donatus corpus. The purpose of these notes is to draw attention to these commentaries dating from the period 11th – 15th centuries and to suggest that a reappraisal of Donatus’s status in medieval grammatical study is needed.
Résumé
Le riche trésor, déjà en partie inventarié, des documents grammaticaux inédits conservés dans diverses collections de manuscrits médiévales contient un bon nombre de versions des ouvrages grammaticaux de Donat et plus de 200 commentaires, anonymes, pour la plupart, portant sur différents aspects du corpus donatien. Les remarques ici proposées visent à attirer l’attention sur ces commentaires, qui vont du 11éme au 15éme siècle, et à souligner la nécessité de réexaminer la place occupée par Donat dans les recherches grammaticales du Moyen Age.
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