The Celtic Parallel Glosses on Bede’s De natura rerum

This study aims for a better understanding of the Celtic glossing tradition on Bede the Venerable’s De natura rerum. The Latin text with Celtic vernacular glosses is found in three different manuscripts. Some glosses occur in parallel transmission with others in either another vernacular language or Latin. In this article new glossing material is published for the first time and these glosses are thoroughly analysed and compared