Il Glossario latino-inglese antico nel manoscritto di Anversa e Londra ed il Glossario di Ælfric: dipendenza diretta o derivazione comune?

Abstract

There are common features of method in both glossaries, which borrow heavily from Isidore’s Etymologiae, but differences are also evident, due to the different use for which the two texts were intended. The compiler of the list now in the Antwerp-London manuscript tends to use rare or exotix lemmata, technical words especially of Greek origin: a lexicon reflecting the ornate insular diction known as “hermeneutic” Latin. A consequence of this particular lexical interest was the hapax-rich Anglo-Saxon vocabulary of the interpretamenta. The probable source-texts of the two glossaries can be related to the Latin teaching and writing tradition, as it was practiced at AEthelwold’s school at Abingdon and Winchester.