ABSTRACT
Thepracticeofthelateclassicalgrammariansofprovidingcopiouslistsof frequentlyarchaicandobscureexamplesofthepartsofspeechwassubjected tovaryingtreatmentatthehandsoftheirmedievaladapters.Someomitted theselistsaltogether;somesubstitutedcommonerexamplescurrentin ecclesiasticalvocabulary;othersincorporatedtheclassicalmaterialalmost unalteredintotheirownworks.ThearsgrammaticaTatuini,1alengthytreatise bytheMerdanscholarTatwine,archbishopofCanterburyfrom73Iuntilhis deathin734,containsextensivelistsdrawnfromsuchauthorsasCharisius andPhocas.Earlyinthetextualtraditionofallthesurvivingcopiesofthis workseveraloftheexamplesinthefirst,denominesectionweresuppliedwith glosses,fiveinLatinandeighteeninOldEnglish.Althoughtheyhavebeen mentionedseveraltimes,2nocommentaryonthem,norevenanadequate transcriptionofthem,hasbeenpublished.Yettheglosses-particularlythose inOldEnglish-areofconsiderableinterest,notonlyfortheircontribution toOldEnglishlexicography,butalsofortheglimpsetheyaffordofone aspectofthestudyofLatininearly-eighth-centuryEngland.
