Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Manuscript punctuation and other symbols; Introduction; 1 Medieval reading; 2 Education at St. Gall; 3 Language use and choice; 4 The St. Gall Tractate; 5 Discretio in the classroom; 6 Accentus; 7 Spelling for reading; Bibliography; Index of manuscripts; General index
Summary
Learning to read in medieval Germany meant learning to read and understand Latin as well as German. The manuscripts of the tenth-century scholar and teacher Notker Labeo display how the medieval pedagogic method combined Latin and vernacular literacy. This study has much to contribute to our knowledge of medieval reading
