The work of the Latin writers of Scotland has suffered a neglect which its variety, copiousness, and intrinsic interest do not deserve. Their importance, and the importance of Latin as a literary language, is beginning to be recognized by scholars. Researchers from the universit…
Reformation and Latin literature in nothern Europe
Main description: The Early Modern Age (15th-18th cents) saw the appearance of a vast number of Latin plays. The papers collected in this volume analyse exemplars of individual dramas or complexes of dramas to provide insights into the fundamental structures of the genre, but al…
Der Band fasst die Ergebnisse des 3. Arbeitsgesprächs der "Deutschen Neulateinischen Gesellschaft" zusammen, das im Februar 2007 in Bochum stattfand und das lateinische Drama der Frühen Neuzeit zum Gegenstand hatte. Die neuere interdisziplinäre Forschung nimmt neben den traditio…
"In about the year 1462 Francesco Griffolini of Arezzo translated the Odyssey of Homer into Latin at the behest of Pope Pius II. In contrast to the most important of his predecessors in the field of Homer translation, Leontius Pilatus, who was still completely committed to the m…
Biographical note: Bernhard Paul, Universität Regensburg, Germany. Biographical note: Bernhard Paul, Universität Regensburg. Mit dieser Untersuchung wirdein neulateinisches Drama exemplarisch erschlossen. Der französische Jesuit Petrus Mussonius veröffentlichte 1621 die Tragöd…
Latin is one of two acceptable languages for describing new plants, and taxonomists must be able to translate earlier texts in Latin. Providing a simple explanation of Latin grammar along with an in-depth vocabulary, this is an indispensable guide for systematic botanists worldw…
