
Published online:
03 March 2015
Published in print:
24 May 2012
Online ISBN:
9780191803628
Print ISBN:
9780199653782
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Introduction Introduction
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First Period: Sacerdos, Diomedes, Priscian First Period: Sacerdos, Diomedes, Priscian
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From Sacerdos, Ars Grammatica From Sacerdos, Ars Grammatica
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On the seventh case On the seventh case
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From Diomedes, Ars Grammatica From Diomedes, Ars Grammatica
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Priscian, Institutiones 5.78–81 Priscian, Institutiones 5.78–81
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Priscian, Institutiones 18.30 Priscian, Institutiones 18.30
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Rhetorical Interlude Rhetorical Interlude
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Alberic of Montecassino, De Dictamine, Chapter 3 Alberic of Montecassino, De Dictamine, Chapter 3
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The Priscianic Tradition: Twelfth and Thirteenth Century The Priscianic Tradition: Twelfth and Thirteenth Century
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School of Ralph of Beauvais: Gloss Promisimus on Priscian, Institutiones 5.80 (GL 2:190.21) School of Ralph of Beauvais: Gloss Promisimus on Priscian, Institutiones 5.80 (GL 2:190.21)
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School of Ralph of Beauvais: Gloss Promisimus on Priscian, Institutiones 6.1 (GL 2:194.11) School of Ralph of Beauvais: Gloss Promisimus on Priscian, Institutiones 6.1 (GL 2:194.11)
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Petrus Helias on Priscian, Institutiones 18.15–16 Petrus Helias on Priscian, Institutiones 18.15–16
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Alexander of Villa Dei, Doctrinale Alexander of Villa Dei, Doctrinale
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Gloss Admirantes Gloss Admirantes
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The Fourteenth Century: Siger of Courtrai (D. 1341) The Fourteenth Century: Siger of Courtrai (D. 1341)
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Siger of Courtrai, Sophismata II Siger of Courtrai, Sophismata II
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Wycliffite Bible, Prologue Wycliffite Bible, Prologue
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Cite
Copeland, Rita, and Ineke Sluiter (eds), 'The Ablative Absolute Dossier', in Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter (eds), Medieval Grammar and Rhetoric: Language Arts and Literary Theory, AD 300 -1475 (Oxford , 2012; online edn, Oxford Academic, 3 Mar. 2015), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199653782.003.0018, accessed 16 May 2025.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the ablative absolute, which offers a particular challenge to Latin grammarians of the late antique period. It considers the three earliest discussions of the ablative absolute, which make constant reference to Greek grammar as a conceptual anchor-point and actively use the model of the parts of speech. More specifically, it examines the work of Sacerdos, Diomedes, and Priscian. It also discusses the Prologue to the Wycliffite Bible, which tackles the practical problems of translation posed by the ablative absolute and proposes a recipe for its resolution into English.
Keywords:
grammar, ablative absolute, parts of speech, Sacerdos, Diomedes, Priscian, Wycliffite Bible
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