Searching for order in the Rule : the contribution of philology and linguistics to the study of Saint Benedict’s Latin
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- Giovanbattista Galdi (UGent)
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- Abstract
- Benedict’s Regula (ca. AD 540) was handed down by hundreds of manuscripts dating from the early 8th cent. AD onwards. Many of them display a large number of non-standard linguistic features, but it is unknown how many of them were extant in Benedict’s original. Our contribution discusses three interrelated questions. First, we focus on the most authoritative manuscript (Sangallensis 914), illustrating a new methodological approach that allows us to better assess its reliability. Second, we examine various instances of variation in the text, suggesting that they can be attributed to the author himself. Finally, we show how the study of Benedict’s Latin can greatly benefit from the application of some criteria recently established in historical linguistics studies.
- Keywords
- Benedict of Nursia, Christian Latin, Regula Magistri, colloquial Latin, language variation and change, textual transmission
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- Galdi, Giovanbattista. “Searching for Order in the Rule : The Contribution of Philology and Linguistics to the Study of Saint Benedict’s Latin.” Classical Philology and Linguistics : Old Themes and New Perspectives, edited by Georgios K. Giannakis et al., vol. 1, De Gruyter, 2023, pp. 619–46, doi:10.1515/9783111272887-026.
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- Galdi, G. (2023). Searching for order in the Rule : the contribution of philology and linguistics to the study of Saint Benedict’s Latin. In G. K. Giannakis, P. Filos, E. C. Güemes, & J. de la Villa (Eds.), Classical philology and linguistics : old themes and new perspectives (Vol. 1, pp. 619–646). https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111272887-026
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- Galdi, Giovanbattista. 2023. “Searching for Order in the Rule : The Contribution of Philology and Linguistics to the Study of Saint Benedict’s Latin.” In Classical Philology and Linguistics : Old Themes and New Perspectives, edited by Georgios K. Giannakis, Panagiotis Filos, Emilio Crespo Güemes, and Jesús de la Villa, 1:619–46. Berlin: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111272887-026.
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- Galdi, Giovanbattista. 2023. “Searching for Order in the Rule : The Contribution of Philology and Linguistics to the Study of Saint Benedict’s Latin.” In Classical Philology and Linguistics : Old Themes and New Perspectives, ed by. Georgios K. Giannakis, Panagiotis Filos, Emilio Crespo Güemes, and Jesús de la Villa, 1:619–646. Berlin: De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783111272887-026.
- Vancouver
- 1.Galdi G. Searching for order in the Rule : the contribution of philology and linguistics to the study of Saint Benedict’s Latin. In: Giannakis GK, Filos P, Güemes EC, de la Villa J, editors. Classical philology and linguistics : old themes and new perspectives. Berlin: De Gruyter; 2023. p. 619–46.
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- [1]G. Galdi, “Searching for order in the Rule : the contribution of philology and linguistics to the study of Saint Benedict’s Latin,” in Classical philology and linguistics : old themes and new perspectives, vol. 1, G. K. Giannakis, P. Filos, E. C. Güemes, and J. de la Villa, Eds. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023, pp. 619–646.
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