Abstrusa Glossary
The ''Abstrusa Glossary'' is a glossary of Latin from the 7th or 8th century AD.. Typical of such glossaries, it is named after its first lemma, '' abstrusa''.. The ''Abstrusa'' was probably compiled in Gaul, possibly in Aquitaine, since the compiler provides Gaulish '' uerna'' as a vernacular translation of Latin ''alnus''. It is alphabetized to the third letter (i.e., ABC stage), indicating an organized, stable composition.. The ''Abstrusa'' can be found in five manuscripts and one fragment. In the oldest of these (Vatican lat. 3321), probably copied in central Italy in the 8th century, it is accompanied by the '' Abolita Glossary''. The same two glossaries are found together in a 10th-century manuscript from Monte Cassino (Cass. 439), which originated in Spain. Although they appear together, the two glossaries are distinct, making use of different sources and containing different definitions. The ''Abstrusa'' is transmitted separately in two manuscripts in the Bibliothèque ...
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