John of Garland

Johannes de Garlandia or John of Garland was a medieval grammarian and university teacher. His dates of birth and death are unknown, but he probably lived from about 1190 to about 1270.

Life John of Garland was born in England, and studied at Oxford and then at the medieval University of Paris, where he was teaching by 1220. He lived and taught on the Left Bank at the Clos de Garlande, after which Rue Galande is named. This is the origin of the name by which he is usually known. The main facts of his life are stated in his long poem De triumphis ecclesiae ("On the triumphs of the Church").

In 1229, he was one of the first Masters of the new University of Toulouse.

Works Ars lectoria ecclesiae, sive Accentarium (c. 1248) Commentaria in Doctrinali Alexandri de Villa-Dei Commentarius (1246) Compendium grammaticae; Clavis compendii (c. 1234) Composita verborum De mysteriis ecclesiae (1245) De orthographia De triumphis ecclesiae (1252) Dictionarius (c. 1220) Dictionarius metricus Distigium, sive Cornutus Epithalamium beatae Mariae virginis (1230) Equivoca Exempla honestae vitae Integumenta super Ovidii Metamorphosin (c. 1234) Liber de constructionibus Miracula beatae Mariae virginis, sive Stella maris, sive Liber metricus (c. 1248) Morale scolarium, sive Opus satiricum (1241) Nomina et verba defectiva Parisiana poetria de arte prosaica, metrica et rhythmica (c. 1234) Stella Maris Synonyma (located at the Library of Trinity College Dublin, IE TCD MS 270) Unum omnium Verba deponentalia

Lost works Assertiones fidei (c. 1230) Conductum de Tholosa (c. 1230) Georgica spiritualia (c. 1230) Gesta apostolica (c. 1230) Memoriale (c. 1234)