Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 449: Ælfric OSB, Old English Grammar and Glossary

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Title:

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 449: Ælfric OSB, Old English Grammar and Glossary

Alternate Title:

Ælfrici grammatica

Language:

English, Old (ca. 450-1100) and Latin

Extent:

ff. 2 + 96 + 2

Dimensions:

190 Height (mm) and 135 Width (mm)

Approximate Date:

[ca. 1500 - 1599]

Table of contents:

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• Grammar
• Glossary

Description:

CCCC MS 449 is a manuscript of the Glossary and Grammar by Ælfric of Eynsham OSB (d. 1010). The original eleventh-century portion was obviously badly incomplete by the time Parker acquired it, and he had the missing parts of the text supplied by one of his own scribes. Ælfric's Grammar was one of the first instructional texts on Latin to be written in a vernacular; as such it was extremely useful for early modern scholars who could use the Latin material to learn Old English.