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verse beg. Pauca tibi, Caesar, de multis, magne Hlothari

  • Latin
  • verse

Latin poem of dedication by Clemens (Scottus) for Lothair, beg. Pauca tibi, Caesar, de multis, magne Hlothari, / iure tuus Clemens saepe legenda dedi, / caetera quo valeas per te penetrare sophiae / calle velut veterum, scita profund virum. The dedication apparently refers to foregoing tract in the manuscript, Pauca de barbarismo collecta de multis.

First words (verse)
  • Pauca tibi, Caesar, de multis, magne Hlothari
Speaker/Addressee
Speaker: Clemens Scottus
Clemens Scottus
(fl.c. 814–826)
(Scottus/Scotus), Irish peregrinus, grammarian and teacher active at the court of Louis the Pious.
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Addressee: Lothair ILothair I
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Author
Ascribed to: Clemens Scottus
Clemens Scottus
(fl.c. 814–826)
(Scottus/Scotus), Irish peregrinus, grammarian and teacher active at the court of Louis the Pious.
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Manuscripts
Language
  • Latin
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of lines: 18
Textual relationships
Related: Pauca de barbarismo collecta de multisPauca de barbarismo collecta de multis

An early medieval Latin compilation of material on barbarisms, solecisms, metaplasms, figures of speech and other topics discussed in Book 3 of Donatus’ Ars maior. Headings: De barbarismo, De soloecismo, De ceteris uitiis, De metaplasmo, De scematibus, De tropis. The verse dedication which follows the text in the Bamberg manuscript is usually interpreted as an attribution to Clemens Scottus.

Classification

Subjects

Clemens Scottus
Clemens Scottus
(fl.c. 814–826)
(Scottus/Scotus), Irish peregrinus, grammarian and teacher active at the court of Louis the Pious.
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Sources

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[ed.] Dümmler, Ernst [ed.], Poetae Latini aevi Carolini, vol. 2, MGH Antiquitates, Berlin: Weidmann, 1884.
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[ed.] Keil, Heinrich, Grammatici latini, vol. 1: Flavii Sosipatri Charisii: Artis grammaticae libri v; Diomedis Artis grammaticae libri III; Ex Charisii Arte grammatica excerpta, Leipzig: Teubner, 1857.
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November 2018, last updated: July 2023
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