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Priscian (Priscianus Caesariensis) , fl. 500, Latin grammarian, b. Caesarea in Mauretania. Priscian taught grammar at Constantinople. His Commentarii grammatici, in 18 books, was long a standard text, and it was the basis of the work of Rabanus Maurus in the Middle Ages. Other extant writings of Priscian are a textbook on 12 lines of the Aeneid, a treatise on accents, a study of the meters of Terence, a treatise on symbols of weights and measures, and a work on the declensions of nouns.

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Priscian (6th century ad), Byzantine grammarian. His Grammatical Institutions became one of the standard Latin grammatical works in the Middle Ages.

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	The Spell of the Song: Letters, Meaning, and English Poetry.(Book review) Magazine article from: Wordsworth Circle; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...imprecise. The late-antique grammarian Priscian would have sympathized with Ward's...approved of his ultimate solution, for Priscian taught that along with the shape and...represents, each one also has a name. With Priscian's theory of letters in mind, referring...
	Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages: Essays Presented to Margaret Gibson. Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1993; 682 words ; ...dedicated to Margaret Gibson, whose own work has ranged from Priscian to mediaeval ivories: J. L Nelson, \|The intellectual in...Cathedral Library'; C. Jeudy, \|A glossed manuscript of Priscian's Institulio, Vatican, MS Reg. Lat. 1578'; D. L...
	Excerptiones de Prisciano: The Source for AElfric's Latin-Old English Grammar.(Book Review) Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Anglo-Saxon studies, and this is a very substantial text indeed: a Latin digest and adaptation of the grammatical work of Priscian and others, running to 140 printed pages and including much reference to, and quotation from, classical authors as well...
	Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...and the list of primary sources used for close reading is striking (including grammarians such as Donatus, Charisius, and Priscian, as well as literary and religious texts dealing with grammar by authors such as Macrobius, Ausonius, Augustine, Rufinus...
	Grammaire francaise (1623).(Book review) Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...examples, and French-German expressions. Tradition and innovation characterize Serrier's text. Like Quintilian, Donatus, Priscian, and their French followers, Serrier divides his handbook into three separate areas: pronunciation that presents French...
	CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR EXAMINES TWELFTH CENTURY REPUTATION OF SIXTH CENTURY LATIN GRAMMARIAN News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/19/2006; 575 words ; ...Sharon Stevenson, a professor in CMU's English department. She will read from "The Making of a Medieval Sodomite: How Priscian's Grammar Text Fell out of Favor," her research about a sixth century grammarian who taught advanced Latin in Constantinople...
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	Lawrence U. Classics Week gets its 15 minutes News Wire article from: University Wire; 6/16/2006; ; 550 words ; ...censorship. Hiram A. Jones Professor of Classics Dan Taylor, '63, lectured on "How Not to Teach Latin: A Critique of Priscian's Pedagogy" Thursday afternoon, an event well-attended by both Lawrence students and faculty and community members...