Friday, November 30, 2007

Round-Up: November 30

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives).

AudioLatinProverbs.com: Today's proverb is Dum stertit cattus, numquam sibi currit in os mus. In English: When the cat is snoring, a mouse never runs into its mouth. Listen to the audio, and read some other Latin proverbs in praise of hard work, not just about cats and mice, but also foxes and wolves.

Latin Holiday Songs. I've started again with the "holiday songs" for 2007, and instead of a Latin Fable of the Day, I'll be posting a "holiday song of the day" at the eClassics ning. Today's holiday song is Veni Veni Emmanuel, a Latin Christmas hymn built on the ancient antiphons of the Roman breviary - which in turn contains a hidden anagram!

Meanwhile, here is a 17th-century icon of the Madonna and child:



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Vulgate Verses available now!

Here is a special announcement: I've finally finished the Vulgate Verses book and it is now available from Lulu.com:
Vulgate Verses: 4000 Sayings from the Bible for Teachers and Students of Latin

Yes, yes, I know I had said the book would be done in September... and it's November. Let's just say that life got in the way. Or, to modify a famous John Lennon quote, "Life is what happens to you while you're trying to finish a book!"

Like the Latin Via Proverbs book (which I published last year), the Vulgate Verses book is organized by grammatical categories, starting with nouns (first, second, third, fourth and fifth declensions, followed by pronouns, etc.), and then the verbs (present active system, present passive system, perfect system, participles).

In order to get a better sense of the contents of the book, take a look at the Vulgate Verses wiki, which provides a way to search the verses. You'll still need a copy of the book for a full sense of how the grammatical categories work, but the wiki is a way to see just what I found when I went looking for 4000 memorable verses from the Latin Bible!

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Round-Up: November 29

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week: Audio Latin Proverbs.

Latin Holiday Songs. I've started again with the "holiday songs" for 2007, and instead of a Latin Fable of the Day, I'll be posting a "holiday song of the day" at the eClassics ning. Today's holiday song is Procul in Praesaepi, a Latin translation of "Away in a Manger." This is another one of those songs where the tune is very familiar, and the Latin is very sing-able!

Meanwhile, here is a lovely detail from a nativity scene by Giotto:



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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Round-Up: November 28

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week: Audio Latin Proverbs.

Latin Holiday Songs. I've started again with the "holiday songs" for 2007, and instead of a Latin Fable of the Day, I'll be posting a "holiday song of the day" at the eClassics ning. Today's holiday song is Gaudium Mundo, a Latin rendering of the first verse of the hymn "Joy to the World." What it lacks in length, it makes up for in sing-ability, since this is probably one of the best known holiday tunes.

Meanwhile, here is a lovely Russian icon of the Madonna and Jesus:



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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Round-Up: November 27

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week: Audio Latin Proverbs.

Latin Holiday Songs. As I explained in yesterday's "Angelus ad Virginem" post, I've started again with the "holiday songs" for 2007, and instead of a Latin Fable of the Day, I'll be posting a "holiday song of the day" at the eClassics ning. Today's holiday song is Regis Olim Urbe David, which is a 19th-century English carol especially for children, translated into Latin.

Here is an image of Jesus as a child by the great Italian Renaissance painter, Botticelli:



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Monday, November 26, 2007

Round-Up: November 26

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week: Audio Latin Proverbs.

Latin Holiday Songs. As I explained in yesterday's "Rudolphus" post, I've started again with the "holiday songs" for 2007, and instead of a Latin Fable of the Day, I'll be posting a "holiday song of the day" at the eClassics ning. Today's holiday song is Angelus ad Virginem, which is a medieval Latin carol dating back to the late 13th century. It is even mentioned by Chaucer in his Miller's Tale: "Playing so sweetly that the chamber rang; / And Angelus ad virginem he sang..."

For an image to accompany this hymn of the annunciation, I'll let the Annunciation Scene widget supply us with a random Annunciation image! (just press "refresh" in your browser to see more images)

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Sunday, November 25, 2007

Round-Up: November 25

I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving week! Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives).

AudioLatinProverbs.com: Today's proverb is Post triduum hospitis satietas est. In English: Three days is enough of a guest. Listen to the audio, and read some other Latin and English proverbs about having houseguests!

Latin Holiday Songs. I've started again with the "holiday songs" for 2007, and instead of a Latin Fable of the Day, I'll be posting a "holiday song of the day" at the eClassics ning. Today's holiday song is Rudolphus - read not one, not two, but FIVE versions of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" in Latin!



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Friday, November 16, 2007

Round-Up: November 16

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). I'll be taking Thanksgiving week off, so I'll see you back here online after the holidays! Updated earlier this week:LatinViaFables.com: I'm now starting to go through Barlow's Aesop again, preparing the materials for a forthcoming book with Bolchazy-Carducci! So, as I republish the fables at LatinViaFables.com, they will have accompanying vocabulary and grammar notes, something I had not included in my previous recitation of these fables. Here is the fable I published today: De vitula et bove: The Heifer and The Ox. This is a great Aesop's fable about how someone can be oblivious to their fate. Take a close look at the image, and you will see the poor heifer being sacrificed there in the background. (It was common in book illustrations to 'condense' two scenes from the same story into a single picture, with one scene in the foreground and another scene in the background.)



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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Round-Up: November 15

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week:AudioLatinProverbs.com: Today's proverb is Gratia gratiam parit. In English: One favor gives birth to another. Listen to the audio, and learn something about this Latin word for "thanks," gratia, in preparation for Thanksgiving!

For an image today, I'll let the Greek God of the Week widget supply us with a portrait of this week's divinity!

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Round-Up: November 14

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week: RomanSudoku.com.

LatinViaFables.com: I'm now starting to go through Barlow's Aesop again, preparing the materials for a forthcoming book with Bolchazy-Carducci! So, as I republish the fables at LatinViaFables.com, they will have accompanying vocabulary and grammar notes, something I had not included in my previous recitation of these fables. Here is the fable I published today: De cicada et formica: The Cricket and The Ant. This is one of the most famous of Aesop's fables, where the ant teaches the cricket a hard lesson about what summer is really for!



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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Round-Up: November 13

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week: LatinViaFables.com

RomanSudoku.com: For your numerical amusement - Roman Sudoku. Yes, it's Sudoku played with Roman numerals: enjoy! You can visit the blog for a larger version, easier to print out and play. Here's a small image of the puzzle:



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Monday, November 12, 2007

Round-Up: November 12

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). I hope everybody had a good weekend!

LatinViaFables.com: I'm now starting to go through Barlow's Aesop again, preparing the materials for a forthcoming book with Bolchazy-Carducci! So, as I republish the fables at LatinViaFables.com, they will have accompanying vocabulary and grammar notes, something I had not included in my previous recitation of these fables. Here is the fable I published today: De leone, asino et gallo: The Lion, The Donkey and The Rooster. The idea that lions are scared of a cockcrow is an ancient one (read more at aesopica.net), although the poor donkey does not make the connection!



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Friday, November 9, 2007

Round-Up: November 9

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week: LatinViaFables.com: I'm now starting to go through Barlow's Aesop again, preparing the materials for a forthcoming book with Bolchazy-Carducci! So, as I republish the fables at LatinViaFables.com, they will have accompanying vocabulary and grammar notes, something I had not included in my previous recitation of these fables. Here is the fable I published today: De cornice et urna: The Crow and The Pitcher, which is one of the ancient tales of animal sollertia, animal "wisdom," which made its way into the Aesopic corpus. Instead of being about a foolish animal, as is usually the case, this is a story about a very wise creature!



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Thursday, November 8, 2007

Round-Up: November 8

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week: RomanSudoku.com: For your numerical amusement - Roman Sudoku. Yes, it's Sudoku played with Roman numerals: enjoy! You can visit the blog for a larger version, easier to print out and play. Here's a small image of the puzzle:



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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Round-Up: November 7

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives).

2Gether: Desire2Learn Newsletter. This is not actually one of my blogs; rather, it is an article that I wrote for the 2Gether newsletter of Desire2Learn, the course management system which is used by my university. The article (which you can read online) describes the use of "widgets" in the Desire2Learn course management system. Of course, widgets are also something you can use in blogs and in other kinds of websites! I've created a variety of widgets with classical content at my SchoolhouseWidgets.com website, and for an image today, I'll let the Greek Beast of the Week widget supply us a portrait of this week's mythological creature!

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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Round-Up: November 6

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week: AudioLatinProverbs.com.

LatinViaFables.com: I'm now starting to go through Barlow's Aesop again, preparing the materials for a forthcoming book with Bolchazy-Carducci! So, as I republish the fables at LatinViaFables.com, they will have accompanying vocabulary and grammar notes, something I had not included in my previous recitation of these fables. Here is the fable I published today: De anu et ancillis: The Old Lady and The Maid-Servants, which is one of my favorite Aesop's fables about UNINTENDED consequences. Plus you have to feel sorry for that rooster - just look at him!



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Monday, November 5, 2007

Round-Up: November 5

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). I hope everybody had a nice weekend!

AudioLatinProverbs.com: Today's proverb is Palma non sine pulvere. In English: No palm without dust. Listen to the audio, and learn something about why "dusty" in Latin is not really the same as "dusty" in English! :-)

For an image today, I'll let the Greek God of the Week widget supply us with a portrait of this week's divinity!

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Friday, November 2, 2007

Round-Up: November 2

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week:LatinViaFables.com: I'm now starting to go through Barlow's Aesop again, preparing the materials for a forthcoming book with Bolchazy-Carducci! So, as I republish the fables at LatinViaFables.com, they will have accompanying vocabulary and grammar notes, something I had not included in my previous recitation of these fables. Here is the fable I published today: De mure et rana, Mouse and Frog - although this is quite different from the usual story of the mouse and the frog, as you can see just by glancing at the marvelous Barlow image for the story! In this story, the frog does not trick the mouse, but instead they go head to head in battle, like jousting knights!

Here is the Barlow illustration - notice the frog riding in on a lobster, with the mouse mounted on weasel!



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Thursday, November 1, 2007

Round-Up: November 1

Here is a round-up of today's Bestiaria Latina blog posts (you can browse through previous round-ups at the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives). Updated earlier this week: RomanSudoku.com: For your weekend amusement - Roman Sudoku. Yes, it's Sudoku played with Roman numerals: enjoy! You can visit the blog for a larger version, easier to print out and play. Here's a small image of the puzzle:



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