Abstract
Alcuin’s Ars grammatica is preserved in twenty-four manuscripts, either completely or partially. Only one ninth century manuscript from Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Reg. lat. 251, transmits an abridged version of it. This study presents a critical edition of the Breviarium Artis grammaticae Alcuini, preceded by a presentation of the context in which the text was written and a description of the Vatican manuscript. Furthermore, it offers an analysis of the structure of the Breviarium compared to that of the Ars grammatica and also a discussion of the interpolations from other texts. The purpose of this edition is, on the one hand, to bring to light a textus unicus from the textual tradition of the Ars grammatica, and, on the other, to present the work of an early medieval abbreviator by preserving, as much as possible, its phonetic and orthographic peculiarities.
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