tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post7881689015274125220..comments2023-12-22T20:36:45.744-05:00Comments on Isle of Wonder: Medieval LatinThe Red Witchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-44246194610526466402010-04-12T08:10:49.107-04:002010-04-12T08:10:49.107-04:00Thanks, Tlachtga. Google Books also has De Nugis ...Thanks, Tlachtga. Google Books also has De Nugis Curialium in Latin but you can't print it up from there and I like to scribble definitions for the unfamiliar words on the page. In the introduction for the book at Google Books, the author complains about not having been able to look at the manuscript when preparing this edition. <br />Looking at the introduction to the book, that you The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-55079763334538141202010-04-11T20:09:43.432-04:002010-04-11T20:09:43.432-04:00The Internet Archive has an old edition of De Nugi...The Internet Archive has an old edition of De Nugis Curialium: http://www.archive.org/details/waltermapdenugis00mapwuoft <br /><br />I know it's not the same as having an actual book in your hand, but if you've been looking for any copy, it's better than nothing.Tlachtgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109263709778871061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-21879860432999383642010-04-11T10:01:27.819-04:002010-04-11T10:01:27.819-04:00All the local variations defeat the purpose of usi...<i>All the local variations defeat the purpose of using Latin in the first place.</i><br />True, but that's what happens with any language that's in use - they all evolve over time, especially with non-standard spelling, copying and translating errors, variable standards of literacy...Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070070360087765540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-30083231967410486362010-04-11T08:57:45.022-04:002010-04-11T08:57:45.022-04:00All the local variations defeat the purpose of usi...All the local variations defeat the purpose of using Latin in the first place. <br />Anna Comnena said that Bohemond was narrow in the waist and hips. Butler has stated in interviews that he does not like to work out and it shows. His body clearly wants to be fat. Brad Pitt made a fierce Achilles. And Bohemond was not a Frank. Although he fought with the Franks, he was a Norman, ie Viking.The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-12565669357024000262010-04-10T13:05:41.137-04:002010-04-10T13:05:41.137-04:00Interesting - but if a dead language was still bei...Interesting - but if a dead language was still being used by scholars, then was it technically dead? Can imagine local variations creeping into any language that's widely used within a geographical area/by a similar group of people.<br /><br />And I look forward to reading more about Bohemond :P I wondered who you'd like to play the part - not Gerard Butler, then? :)Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070070360087765540noreply@blogger.com