Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Margalits: Florilegium Proverbiorum Universae Latinitatis
Florilegium Proverbiorum Universae Latinitatis: Proverbia, Proverbiales Sententiae Gnomaeque Classicae, Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis, Eduardus Margalits. 1895.
As those of you who read my Bestiaria Proverbs blog already know, I'm hard at work on a summer project: a book of animal proverbs in Latin (a BIG book of animal proverbs - I'm aiming for 2000 proverbs and should not have any trouble reaching that goal). So, this is a great excuse to explore the many different collections of Latin proverbs available at GoogleBooks and so far my hands-down favorite is this beautiful book by Eduardus Margalits, where the proverbs are arranged alphabetically by keywords, like a dictionary. If you like learning (or teaching) Latin vocabulary in context, rather than as isolated words, this book is a dream come true!
Margalits published a Supplementum to this book which is not available for viewing at GoogleBooks, although they have scanned it. I sure hope the Supplementum will eventually become available, too!
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