Medieval Latin

by Mantello, Frank Anthony Carl; Rigg, A. G.

• ISBN13: 9780813208428
• ISBN10: 0813208424
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-01
• Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr

Summary

A new standard guide to the Latin language and literature of the period from C.A.D 200 to 1500. Comprehensive in scope, this guide to the learned lingua franca of western Europe satisfies a longstanding need for a reference tool in English that focusses on medieval latinity in all of its specialized aspects. It provides introductions to, and bibliographic orientations in, all the main areas of Medieval Latin language, literature, and scholarship.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
PART ONE
F.A.C. Mantello
Introduction	3	(18)
Medieval Latin, Past and Present	3	(3)
Background, Aims, and Structure of the Present Guide	6	(4)
Organization	10	(1)
Abbreviations	11	(10)
General Abbreviations	11	(1)
Abbreviations of Books of the Latin Bible	12	(2)
Bibliographic Abbreviations	14	(6)
Signs Used in Etymologies	20	(1)
General Reference and Research Tools	21	(50)
Bibliographical Guides and Surveys	22	(10)
Standard Bibliographical Tools for Medieval Latinists	22	(5)
Specialized Medieval Bibliographies	27	(5)
Latin Dictionaries and Related Works	32	(5)
Standard Latin Lexica, Classical and Postclassical	33	(1)
Specialized Lexica and Lexicographical Works	34	(2)
Medieval Glosses and Glossaries	36	(1)
Repertories of Authors, Texts, and Initia	37	(7)
Literary Histories to 1900	37	(1)
Modern Repertories	38	(6)
Encyclopedias, Encyclopedic Dictionaries, and Related Works	44	(6)
General Reference Works	44	(1)
National Biographical Dictionaries	45	(1)
Other Reference Works	45	(5)
Computer Resources	50	(5)
Orientation, Applications	51	(1)
Databases, CD-ROMs, etc.	52	(1)
Electronic Discussion Groups	53	(2)
Other Basic Reference and Research Aids	55	(6)
Dictionaries	55	(4)
Guides to Libraries and Archives	59	(1)
Guides to Scholars and Academic Institutions	59	(1)
Historical Atlases	59	(1)
Other Reference Works	59	(2)
Principal Series and Collections of Latin Texts	61	(6)
Periodicals	67	(4)
PART TWO
Medieval Latin Philology	71	(66)
Introduction	71	(8)
A.G. Rigg
Orthography and Pronunciation	79	(4)
A.G. Rigg
Morphology and Syntax	83	(10)
A.G. Rigg
Vocabulary, Word Formation, and Lexicography	93	(13)
Richard Sharpe
Metrics	106	(5)
A.G. Rigg
Prose Styles and Cursus	111	(11)
Terence O. Tunberg
Latin and the Vernacular Languages	122	(8)
Michael W. Herren
Humanistic Latin	130	(7)
Terence O. Tunberg
Varieties of Medieval Latinity	137	(368)
Christian and Biblical Latin	137	(20)
Daniel Sheerin
The Liturgy	157	(26)
Daniel Sheerin
Ecclesiastical and University Administration	183	(12)
Norman Zacour
Secular Administration	195	(35)
Brigitte Bedos-Rezak
Charters, Deeds, and Diplomatics	230	(11)
Richard Sharpe
Canon Law	241	(13)
John Gilchrist
Roman and Secular Law	254	(13)
Kenneth Pennington
Theology and Philosophy	267	(21)
Stephen F. Brown
Grammar	288	(8)
Vivien A. Law
Music	296	(11)
Nancy Phillips
Commerce	307	(8)
John H. Pryor
Latin in Everyday Life	315	(27)
Richard Sharpe
Science: Introduction	342	(6)
Faith Wallis
Mathematics and Geometry	348	(7)
Barnabas Hughes
Physics	355	(8)
Edith Dudley Sylla
Astronomy, Cosmology, and Cosmography	363	(6)
Edward Grant
Astrology	369	(14)
Charles Burnett
Chronology and Systems of Dating	383	(5)
Faith Wallis
Cartography and Its Written Sources	388	(7)
P.D.A. Harvey
Zoology and Physiology	395	(6)
James J. Scanlan
Botany	401	(5)
R. James Long
Geology	406	(5)
John M. Riddle
Chemistry and Alchemy	411	(5)
Michela Pereira
Medicine	416	(6)
Peter Murray Jones
Magic	422	(5)
Richard Kieckhefer
Technology and Crafts: Introduction	427	(4)
Bert Hall
Artes Mechanicae	431	(5)
Elspeth Whitney
Architecture	436	(7)
Joseph F. O'Connor
Weights and Measures	443	(4)
Ronald Edward Zupko
Weapons and Warfare	447	(5)
E. Malcolm Parkinson
Ships and Seafaring	452	(7)
John H. Pryor
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Forestry	459	(6)
John Langdon
Manuscript Production	465	(3)
R.H. Rouse
Panel and Wall Painting, Mosaics, Metalwork, and Other Decorative Arts	468	(6)
Caecilia Davis-Weyer
Textiles	474	(11)
John H. Munro
Mining and Ore Processing	485	(7)
Pamela O. Long
Minting and Money	492	(5)
Alan M. Stahl
Mills and Milling	497	(8)
John Muendel
PART THREE
Varieties Of Medieval Latin Literature	505	(230)
Towards a History of Medieval Latin Literature	505	(32)
Jan M. Ziolkowski
The Latin Literature of Late Antiquity	537	(10)
Michael Roberts
Epic	547	(9)
Jan M. Ziolkowski
Beast Epic and Fable	556	(6)
Jill Mann
Satire	562	(7)
A.G. Rigg
Proverbs and Epigrams	569	(5)
A.G. Rigg
Drama	574	(8)
Stephen K. Wright
Exempla	582	(7)
Nigel F. Palmer
Lyric	589	(8)
Christopher J. McDonough
Hymns	597	(10)
Daniel Sheerin
Biography	607	(11)
Walter Berschin
Hagiography	618	(11)
David Townsend
Rhetoric	629	(10)
James J. Murphy
Historiography	639	(11)
Roger Ray
Epistolography	650	(9)
Julian Haseldine
Sermons	659	(11)
Beverly Mayne Kienzle
David L. d'Avray
Pastoralia: The Popular Literature of the Care of Souls	670	(7)
Joseph Goering
Debates and Dialogues	677	(5)
Peter Binkley
Travel Literature	682	(6)
Jean Richard
Vision Literature	688	(6)
Peter Dinzelbacher
Devotional and Mystical Literature	694	(8)
Thomas H. Bestul
Encyclopedias	702	(6)
Gregory G. Guzman
Anthologies and Florilegia	708	(5)
A.G. Rigg
Medieval Translations: Latin and Hebrew	713	(5)
Charles H. Manekin
Medieval Translations: Latin and Greek	718	(5)
Bernice M. Kaczynski
Medieval Translations: Latin and Arabic	723	(5)
Deborah L. Black
Medieval Translations: Latin and the Vernacular Languages	728	(7)
Jeanette M.A. Beer
INDICES	735	(2)
Ancient, Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Authors and Works	737	(12)
Modern Authors, Editors, and General Works of Reference	749