Heritage and Innovation in the Grammatical Analysis of Latin
Louise Visser
Summary The Ars Ambrosiana is an early medieval Latin grammatical commentary on Donatus’ maior , written in Northern Italy the 6th or 7th century A.D. In comparison with preceding commentaries, displays a much more profound Christian-exegetical way of thinking. This study opens overview historicalcultural context and general thinking its anonymous author. remainder article consists analysis the, to some extent highly original, framework which author uses for describing language, illustrated by brief terms agnitio (“recognition”) nuntiatio (“[linguistic] form”), their combinations adjectives specialis (“special”) tota (“entire/ whole”).
Historiographia Linguistica