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This book was first published in 2006. Learning to read in medieval Germany meant learning to read and understand Latin as well as the pupils' own language. The teaching methods used in the medieval Abbey of St Gall survive in the translations and commentaries of the monk, scholar and teacher Notker Labeo (c.950-1022). Notker's pedagogic method, although deeply rooted in classical and monastic traditions, demonstrates revolutionary innovations that include providing translations in the pupils' native German, supplying structural commentary in the form of simplified word order and punctuation, and furnishing special markers that helped readers to perform texts out loud. Anna Grotans examines this unique interplay between orality and literacy in Latin and Old High German, and illustrates her study with many examples from Notker's manuscripts. This study has much to contribute to our knowledge of medieval reading, and of the relationship between Latin and the vernacular in a variety of formal and informal contexts.

History of education and educational sciences --- anno 500-1499 --- St. Gall (canton) --- Latin philology --- Books and reading --- Philologie latine --- Livres et lecture --- Study and teaching --- History --- Etude et enseignement --- Histoire --- Notker, --- Kloster St. Gallen. --- Saint Gall (Switzerland) --- Saint-Gall (Suisse) --- Intellectual life --- Vie intellectuelle --- Knowledge --- Language and languages. --- Education. --- 091 <494 SANKT GALLEN> --- 028 --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Zwitserland--SANKT GALLEN --- Lezen. Lectuur --- 028 Lezen. Lectuur --- 091 <494 SANKT GALLEN> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Zwitserland--SANKT GALLEN --- Classical philology --- Latin language --- Latin literature --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Notker --- Notker Labeo, --- Benediktinerabtei Sankt Gallen --- Abbaye de Saint-Gall --- Saint Gall (Switzerland). --- Kloster Sankt Gallen --- Fürstabtei Sankt Gallen --- St. Gall, Switzerland (Benedictine Abbey) --- Abtei Sanct Gallen --- Abtei St. Gallen --- Gallus Kloster --- Avvaeio tou Hagiou Gallou --- Sankt Gallen (Switzerland) --- St. Gallen (Switzerland) --- St. Gall, Switzerland. --- San Gallo (Switzerland) --- Latin philology - Study and teaching - Switzerland - Saint Gall - History - To 1500. --- Books and reading - Switzerland - Saint Gall - History - to 1500. --- Notker, - Labeo, - ca. 950-1022 - Knowledge - Language and languages. --- Notker, - Labeo, - ca. 950-1022 - Knowledge - Education. --- Saint Gall (Switzerland) - Intellectual life - To 1500. --- Arts and Humanities --- Notker, - Labeo, - ca. 950-1022