This is the research blog of the LiTeRA ERC Advanced Grant 2023 project (Horizon Europe, No. 101141778), which aims to gather, for the first time, updated and comprehensive information on all Latin grammatical texts that survive exclusively in fragmentary form. Our primary goal is to provide an exhaustive list of the authors of these fragments—whether grammarians, teachers, scholars, or other writers—regardless of their social status or primary intellectual activity. Each author is presented through a dedicated bio-bibliographical entry, documenting their contribution to the evolution of ancient linguistic thought, often through indirect transmission in the works of later Latin grammarians.
In recent years, scholarly interest in the history of Latin grammar has significantly increased. Yet, no complete corpus of grammatical fragments currently exists. One of the key challenges faced by modern editors is the preliminary task of identifying and isolating these quotations within their textual contexts before they can be critically analyzed and interpreted.
The LiTeRA project addresses this need by building an open, structured, and accessible digital corpus of Latin grammatical fragments, starting with author entries and continuing toward a broader editorial and analytical framework.
Explore the LiTeRA project and author index.
