Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Weber: Aspects of Death
Aspects of Death by Frederick Parkes Weber (1918)
The full title of the book is Aspects of death and correlated aspects of life in art, epigram, and poetry: Contributions towards an anthology and an iconography of the subject, illustrated especially by medals, engraved gems, jewels, ivories, antique pottery, etc.. This enormous book, appx. 800 pages long, contains all kinds of intriguing material. There is a detailed table of contents along with an itemized list of illustrations.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Hessler: Latin Epigram of the Middle English Period
The Latin Epigram of the Middle English Period by Lewis Burtron Hessler (1916)
This is a volume conceived as a follow-up to Thomas Wright's Anglo-Latin Satirical poets and Epigrammatists of the Twelfth Century. Although it is quite short (just under 20 pages), it contains both the Latin text and an English translation.
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Van Vlaenderen: Epigrammata Miscellanea
Epigrammata Miscellanea by Antoine-Ferdinand Van Vlaenderen (1666)
This is an absolutely delightful collection of epigrams - distichs, in fact! I will be able to get quite a large number of distichs from this book for my summer project.
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Lubin: Florilegii diversorum epigrammatum veterum
Florilegii diversorum epigrammatum veterum by Eilhard Lubin (1600)
Lubin provides the Latin renderings of the Greek epigrams, which are presented with the Greek and Latin on facing pages.
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Junius: Emblemata et Aenigmata
Emblemata et Aenigmata by Hadrianus Junius (1565)
Hadrianus Junius is best known for his wonderful collection of Greek proverbs: Adagia: Proverbiorum, paroemiarum et parabolarum omnium collectio absolutissima (1643; Google Books edition). Unfortunately the Google Books scan is not the best for the image quality, but the book is very readable, with just a few blurry pages. Note that the commentary on the emblems comes after the presentation of the emblems, which are 58 in number. The riddles are 44 in number, and there is a poem which prefaces the riddles which contain their solutions.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Musae Anconitanae
Musae Anconitanae by Carlo di Sant'Antonio da Padova (1674)
This book by Carlo di Sant'Antonio da Padova (1621-1695) contains four books of epigrams: Libri IV - I. Sacroroum, II. Moralium, III, Heroicorum, IV. Iucundorum Variorumque - along with some anagrams and some riddles, too.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Binder: Flores Aenigmatum Latinorum
Flores Aenigmatum Latinorum by Wilhelm Binder (1857)
The book is divided up into aenigmata nominalia, followed by aenigmata syllabica and then aenigmata literalia, plus miscellanea, with a German language key in the back.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Textor: Sylloge
Sylloge variorum aenigmatum, apophthegmatum, gnomarum, historiarumque by Joannis Textor (1612)
The categories start with Sancta Scriptura, followed by the Mundus, then Tempus, Ignis, Aves, and on and on. This is a delightful anthology, very readable, mostly in Latin, along with some German.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Ker: Epigrams by Martial
Epigrams by Martial, ed. Walter C. A. Ker
This is the old Loeb edition, published in 1919-1920, with facing Latin text and English translation.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Bohn: The Epigrams of Martial
The Epigrams of Martial, ed. by Henry George Bohn
This is a great collection of English translations of Martial's epigrams. Each poem has a literal translation and usually at least one or more verse translations from a range of English sources. The naughty poems are translated into Italian, not English. :-)
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Chase: The Distichs of Cato
The Distichs of Cato by Wayland Johnson Chase (1922)
This book contains the Latin text along with an English translation prepared by Chase, based on earlier English translations with a bit of an archaic feel. There's also a detailed introduction to the text.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
Vulteius: Epigrammata
Epigrammatum Lbri IIII by Johannes Vulteius (1537)
I love the emblem on the cover page of this book. It shows the crane holding its rock in order to stand vigil - the idea is that if the crane falls asleep, it will drop the rock and wake up. Quite a few of these epigrams are on the long side, but there are some good distichs in here, too!
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Cuechler: Florilegium Epigrammatum veterum
Florilegium Epigrammatum veterum by Elias Cuechler (1618)
This book contains Greek epigrams rendered into Latin verse, often with multiple versions, as well as a literal rendering.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Paterson: Epigrammata
Epigrammatum libri octo by Ninian Paterson (1678)
In addition to the epigrams there are also some poetic paraphrases of the Psalms. The epigrams are on religious subjects and they tend to be on the long side, although there are a few distichs in there, too.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Flayder: Sal Musarum
Sal Musarum by Friedrich H. Flayder (1631)
This is a collection of Latin epigrams, as the title explains: "Epigrammata latina ex omnibus omnium saeculorum atque gentium Poetis, qui reperiri potuerunt umquam, non nisi acutissima ac venustissima collecta." As promised, there are ancient and modern authors, with some epigrams by the editor, Flayder, as an appendix at the back of the book.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
A Dictionary of Select and Popular Quotations
A Dictionary of Select and Popular Quotations (1873)
As the full title of the book explains, this is "A Dictionary of Select and Popular Quotations which are in daily use: taken from the Latin, French, Greek, Spanish, and Italian languages, together with a copious collection of law-maxims and law-terms translated into English with illustrations historical and idiomatic." The book is arranged alphabetically, with all the language combined. Each quotation contains a brief note about its meaning and usage along with an English translation. Sources are sometimes given. Many of the Latin items are bits of Latin verse.
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Long: Eastern Proverbs and Emblems
Eastern Proverbs and Emblems by James Long (1881)
As the introduction to this unusual and fascinating book explains, "This work, begun a quarter of a century ago in the jungles of India for the instruction of peasants and women, is designed to afford some help to the following classes: Orientalists, Lovers of Folk-Lore, Teachers, and Preachers." The original languages are not provided, but only the English translation - and each one is accompanied by a brief essay in English. At the end of each essay there is a list of comparative proverbs from different traditions, mostly Eastern but sometimes with European parallels.
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Hayes: Corolla Hymnorum Sacrorum
Corolla Hymnorum Sacrorum by John Lord Hayes (1887)
This book contains a selection of Latin hymns, with both the Latin text and a facing English translation. Authors include Augustine, Gregory the Great, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas, as well as numerous anonymous hymns.
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Ordronaux: Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum
Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum by John Ordronaux (1870)
This delightful edition contains the code of health of the school of Salernum translated into English verse, together with the Latin text, along with a detailed introduction.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Symonds: Wine, Women and Song
Wine, Women and Song by John Addington Symonds (1899)
This is a collection of medieval Latin student songs translated into English. The Latin texts are not provided here, unfortunately - maybe if I can find time this summer I will pull together the Latin texts to go along with this lovely English translation. It contains an extensive introductory essay as well as commentary on each song. There is a useful table of songs in the back of the book which gives the references for the Latin poems along with the incipits.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Map: Latin Poems
Latin Poems, commonly attributed to Walter Mapes, ed. by Thomas Wright (1841)
Whether or not these poems are by Walter Map is uncertain, but they make good reading anyway - you will find here the Dialogus inter Aquam et Vinum, for example, the Disputatio inter Cor et Oculum, among other delights.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Map: Nugae Curialium
Nugae Curialium by Walter Map, ed. by Thomas Wright (1850)
Of the scholars of the 19th century, I sometimes think I would most enjoy a conversation with Thomas Wright! He and I certainly share the same tastes in Latin literature. This collection of anecdotes by the 12th-century author Walter Map is a delight! You can read more about him at Wikipedia.
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Cooper: Argosy of Fables
An Argosy of Fables by Frederic Taber Cooper (1921)
This is an enormous and delightful book containing almost 500 pages worth of fables from all over the world. The books opens with stories from the prose Aesop, Babrius, Phaedrus, Avianus and Abstemius. The second part of the book contains Indian stories from the Hitopadesha, the Panchatantra, the Katha Sarit-Sagara, and the Jatakas, followed by Persian fables from Jami, Sadi and the Anwar-i-Suhaili. There are also Chinese, Armenian and Turkish fables. The third part of the book contains modern European fables, from England, France, Spain, Russia, Germany and Poland. The final part of the book contains African and Native American fables.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Brown: Latin Songs
Latin Songs by Calvin Smith Brown (1914)
The book contains classical, medieval and modern Latin songs, with music, too! The classical songs are poems from poets (Catullus, Horace) with musical settings. There is a large selection of medieval hymns and songs. The modern songs include "Mica, Mica, Parva Stella" and "Domine, Salvum Fac Regem."
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Burmann: Anthologia veterum latinorum epigrammatum et poematum
Anthologia veterum latinorum epigrammatum et poematum by Pieter Burmann (1835)
This is a two-volume edition edited and expanded by Henricus Meyerus. There are a lot of epigrams in here, along with other kinds of poetry, arranged chronologically, with abundant selections from the the Latin anthology; for specific sources, see the notes in the back. The first volume covers classical poetry while the second volume contains neo-Latin poetry. This 1773 edition has note the notes at the bottom of the page: Volume 1 - Volume 2.
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Friday, February 3, 2012
Zacher: Altfranzösische Sprichwörter
Altfranzösische Sprichwörter by J. Zacher (1859)
The text begins on p. 114 and runs through p. 144 of Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und deutsche Literatur, Volume 11, with almost 300 sayings in Latin and in Old French. Delightful!
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Király: Epigrammata nova
Epigrammata nova by Josef Pál Király (1843)
As the full title explains: quibus philologiae lepores, psychologiae perspicaciam, mythologiae symbola, historiae candorem carptim perlustrat Josephus Paulua de Király. For example, here's a little distich on Amicitia (2.57):
Vicerunt dirum Damon Pythiasque tyrannum,
maior amicitiae gloria morte fuit.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Stein: Anthologia epigrammatum latinorum
Anthologia epigrammatum latinorum recentioris aevi by Anton Stein (1816)
The author of each epigram is indicated at the bottom of the poem, and there is also a thematic index at the back of the book, along with a list of authors and the poems that are included from each one. Owen is abundantly represented!
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Ens: Epidorpides
Epidorpides I-IV by Gaspar Ens (1624)
As the title explains: In quibus multa sapienter, graviter, argute, salse, iocose, atque etiam ridicule dicta & facta continentur. The jokes and stories here come in all types and sizes, along with sayings and bon mots, like this one: Quatuor bonae matres, quatuor pessimas filias parere solent: Veritas Odium, Prosperitas Superbiam, Securitas Periculum, Familiaritas Contemptum.
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