Abstrusa Glossary

It is alphabetized to the third letter (i.e., ABC stage), indicating an organized, stable composition.

3321), probably copied in central Italy in the 8th century, it is accompanied by the Abolita Glossary.

The Abstrusa is transmitted separately in two manuscripts in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris lat.

Finally, the Second Amplonian Glossary contains entries clearly borrowed from the Abstrusa, but from a manuscript with variants not found in surviving copies.

[3] The main sources of Abstrusa are marginal scholia (explanations of the difficult words) found in copies of the Bible and the works of Virgil.

Start of the glossary in Paris lat. 2341 reads In nomine domini incipit glosomatum (In the name of the Lord, here begins the glossary), followed by the first entry ( abstrusa ... abscondita ).
Copy from the 9th century.