Notker Labeo (English spelling)

Japanese: ノートカー・ラベオ(英語表記)Notker Labeo
Notker Labeo (English spelling)
950?-1022
A monk at the Abbey of St. Gall in Switzerland. To distinguish himself from the other monks of the same surname, he was given the epithet Labeo (Lip Major) or Teutonicus (German). He translated and annotated the basic classics of medieval scholastic arts (such as the works of Boethius, Martianus Capella, Aristotle, and the Psalms) into fluent prose for the monastic school, making ingenious and creative use of the still immature Old High German language, and it can be said that he elevated Old High German to the level of an academic language.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
950?‐1022
スイスのザンクト・ガレン修道院の修道士。他の同姓のノートカーと区別して〈大唇(くちびる)Labeo〉または〈ドイツ人Teutonicus〉という副称をもつ。彼は修道院付属学校用に,中世学芸の基本的古典類(ボエティウス,マルティアヌス・カペラ,アリストテレスらの著作,《詩篇》など)を,なお未成熟であった古高ドイツ語を巧妙かつ創造的に駆使して達意の散文に翻訳・注解し,古高ドイツ語を学術的言語にまで高めたということができる。

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