The 'Occupatio' by Odo of Cluny
Edition, Translation, and Commentary
By Christopher A. Jones

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The meeting of the network of medieval Latin dictionaries really woke some memories. As before, we spoke Spanish, French, and English to one another and seemed to communicate. However, the attitude towards digital technologies has changed dramatically. #MedievalLatin

"O Fortuna" is a #medievalLatin #Goliardic poem which is part of the collection known as the #CarminaBurana, written in the early 13th century. It is a complaint about Fortuna, the inexorable fate that rules both gods and mortals in #RomanMythology. In 1935–36.

Step into a surreal medieval legend where chivalry meets the cosmos.
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Transcription: “Inter omnes cautelas diaboli per quas seducit hodie ociantes in scolis, nulla est detestabilior, fugibilior vel a veritate distancior quam istud caput eneum noviter machinatum. Quamvis enim laudetur a doctoribus novellis, de quibus loquitur apostolus Actuum vicesimo ubi signanter dicit quod ex vobismet ipsis exsurgent viri loquentes perversa, verumtamen patet non cecatis quod omne tale artificiale nedum est inutile sed nocivum. Nam tamquam Titivillus solummodo colligit fragmina scriptorum et indigesta evomit, nec intelligens scripta aliorum nec verba ex ore suo prolata, sed ad tantum infatuantur fautores eius quod credunt istis simulatis sentenciis ac si a deo procederent. Nec mirum si quandoque vera balbuciat per accidens, sicut dicit Crisostomus quod concessum est diabolo interdum dicere veritatem ut mendacium suum rara veritate commendet, quia non curat sive vera sive falsa dixerit dummodo servaverit regulas grammatice. Nec obest quod ei innitentes pompant se tempori parcere, quia noverunt experti quod, ut dicitur Ecclesiastes primo, qui addit scienciam addit laborem. Si ergo ad scienciam veritatis pervenire voluerimus, tempus impendere pocius quam reservare debemus; ymmo, ut dicit Ambrosius super Lucam, frustra congregat opes qui se his nescit usurum. Incidunt ergo tales sompniantes in illud ve propheticum Isaie quinto: Ve qui dicitis bonum malum et malum bonum, ponentes tenebras lucem et lucem tenebras. Et proch pudor verba ficta istius pseudocapitis sunt eo diligencius precavenda quo moderni doctores, eciam qui videntur esse aliquid, sunt iam proniores ad eius usui annuendum, tamquam canes muti non valentes latrare. Heu! ut dicitur Trenorum quarto, qui nutriebantur in croceis amplexati sunt stercora.”

New Wyclif polemic discovered! Only 250 words long, but not obviously detached from a larger work. It isn’t ascribed to him in the manuscript (no titulus or colophon) but the style is recognizably his. I’m posting it here because the content is eerily topical. #medievalLatin #medievalSky #genAI

Bis 28. August kann man sich noch zu unserer Tagung "Stenographie und karolingische Schriftkultur" anmelden.
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Tironische Note als Initiale. Paris, BnF, lat. 190, fol. 15v. Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 1. Hälfte 9. Jh.

Am 11./12. September 2025 findet unsere Tagung "Stenographie und karolingische Schriftkultur" in Lorsch statt. Es geht u.a. um jüngste Forschung zu tironischen Noten und neue Erschließungsmethoden. Mehr Infos & Tagungsprogramm:
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Schedula abbreviationum elementariarum linguae latinae medii aevi ...

Schedulam vetustiorem ediscendarum abbreviationum elementariarum reinveni, quas repetere satis fructuosum esse potest.

#medievallatin #mittellatein #paläographie #palaeography #cappelli #bernhardbischoff

3rd Voces workshop on #MedievalLatin key words organized by @irht-cnrs.bsky.social and ijppan.pl will be held 16-17 October 2025 in Lisbon.
🔹This year we're exploring vocabulary of LIMITS & BOUNDARIES.
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I’m teaching an advanced online class in medieval Latin from May 27 to July 3 as part of the Marco Summer Language Program. This would be good preparation for the Toronto Level II exam in September, but of course it would have other uses too. marco.utk.edu/summerlangua... #medievalLatin #medievalSky

Close-up excerpt of a late 15th century manuscript with light brown ink on vellum in a beautiful legal script. The text is in Latin and is an English Court of Chancery document dealing with feoffees, ownership and usage of messuages and gardens.

In fact it’s been a week full of distractions so far; probably normal for someone with AuDHD.

One of my background projects is some research into medieval history which involves reading manuscripts.

#medieval #manuscript #middleages #medievallatin #latin #history #englishhistory

Mark Thakkar Medieval Latin teaching and research

Do you need help with medieval Latin? I offer language teaching *and* research assistance, so if you just want a quick answer – e.g. a transcription or translation, or a manuscript identification – I can do that too. Further details here: latin.brunellus.com #medievalLatin #medievalSky

The Épinal-Erfurt Glossary – an invaluable guide to the earliest written forms of Old English and the Latin culture of seventh-century Anglo-Saxon England A digital guide to the Épinal-Erfurt Glossary, the earliest written forms of Old English and the Latin culture of seventh-century Anglo-Saxon England.

David Porter, one of my glossarial heroes, reports on updates to the Épinal-Erfurt Glossary project. Here is the project site: epinal-erfurt.artsci.utoronto.ca and here is more info about updates: epinal-erfurt.artsci.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...

#medievalsky #medievallatin #oldenglish

Languages and Communities in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial Western Provinces Abstract. Languages are central to the creation and expression of identities and cultures, as well as to life itself, yet the linguistic variegation of the

Happy discovery for those interested in Late Latin/Early Medieval Latin: this vol. is entirely #openaccess and full of goodies! academic.oup.com/book/55329

#medievalsky #medievallatin #lateantiquity #latin #classics

Book cover for Te.Tra. 8 “Opere anonime e pseudoepigrafe” ed. Lucia Castaldi (2023), published in Florence by SISMEL.

Incidentally, the volume containing Lapidge’s article is available via Open Access as a PDF, as is the more recent volume in the same series (La trasmissione dei testi latini del Medioevo = Mediaeval Latin Texts and Their Transmission): doi.org/10.36167/MM1... #medievalLatin

Opening paragraph of the preface to “A Primer of Medieval Latin” by Charles Beeson (1925), with the key phrase highlighted: “The present volume is offered as a contribution to the promotion of the study of medieval Latin. It is intended to serve a twofold purpose. Its first object is to provide a collection of material that will prepare students, especially in the modern languages and history, *who have had at least four years of high-school Latin*, to read ordinary medieval Latin texts with a fair degree of ease and assurance. Its second object is to meet the needs of more advanced students who are interested in the field by furnishing an anthology of medieval Latin prose and poetry. The selections have been made with three classes of readers in mind: the classical student who is interested in the survival of the classical tradition in the Middle Ages; the student of the medieval literatures; and the student of medieval thought and culture. …”

Blurb on the back cover of the 1986 paperback reprint of “A Primer of Medieval Latin” by Charles Beeson: “still the best text book”* “A Primer of Medieval Latin” was published with two purposes in mind: to provide a collection of material to prepare students to read ordinary medieval Latin texts and to meet the need of advanced students by furnishing an anthology of medieval Latin prose and poetry. Working to provide a text for the classical student interested in the survival of the classical tradition in the Middle Ages, the student of medieval literature, and the student of medieval thought and culture, Beeson …

Hmm, spot the difference between the preface to Beeson’s Primer of Medieval Latin (1925) and the blurb for the 1986 reprint! Yes, alright, I’ve made this too easy. (And no, the asterisked footnote to the blurb doesn’t explain that this “text book” is just an anthology.) #medievalSky #medievalLatin

Hey #medievalsky #medievallatin, are there any experts here who would be willing to help with a grammatical question concerning the “Asinarius”?
#LitWiss

Who recognizes this sentence (and the text from which it comes)? It looks like a mightily interesting personal account of domestic affairs.
"Quarto trado tibi clavem coquine mee non ut tu ipse ipsam custodias per te ipsum sed ut eam famulo meo et gartioni custodiendam"
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I’m drawing up a list of institutions that either (1) teach beginner’s Latin to medievalists or (2) expect students to have some Latin before they start a medieval course. All information welcome! NB: I’m only asking about places where teaching is in English. #medievalSky #medievalLatin #ClassicsSky

'𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀'
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻
By Marc Wolterbeek

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Wie gut sprachen die Mönche Latein? Die Vorstellung vom dunklen Mittelalter bringt es meist auch mit sich, dass das Latein des Mittelalters als 'Küchenlatein' verschrien und schlecht gemacht wird. Inwieweit dieses Geschichtsbild zutrif...

In der neuesten Folge des Podcast "Mönchsgeflüster" des BLM Karlsruhe geht es mit Prof. Tino Licht um die Frage, wie gut Mönche im Frühmittelalter Latein sprachen: moenchsgefluester.podigee.io/9-wie-gut-sp...
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