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Medieval Latin:

an introduction and bibliographical guide
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Frank Anthony Carl Mantello, Arthur George Rigg
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CUA Press, 1996 - Poetry - 774 pages
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.
  

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Although primarily a reference guide above all, this volume includes many essays (or mini-essays) that are also a joy to read through. The book is well organized, split into three major sections, each ...

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Contents

Ab Background Aims and Structure of the Present Guide
6
B GENERAL REFERENCE AND RESEARCH TOOLS
21
bb Latin Dictionaries and Related Works
32
bD Encyclopedias Encyclopedic Dictionaries
44
be Computer Resources
50
MEDIEVAL LATIN PHILOLOGY
71
cb Orthography and Pronunciation
79
Vocabulary Word Formation and Lexicography
93
Fb Artes Mechanicae
431
FD Weights and Measures
443
FF Ships and Seafaring
452
FG Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Forestry
459
FH Manuscript Production
465
Fj Textiles
474
FK Mining and Ore Processing
485
FL Minting and Money
492

ce Metrics
106
cg Latin and the Vernacular Languages
122
cH Humanistic Latin
130
DEF VARIETIES OF MEDIEVAL LATINITY
137
Db The Liturgy
157
Ecclesiastical and University Administration
183
Secular Administration
195
De Charters Deeds and Diplomatics
230
DF Canon Law
241
Dg Roman and Secular Law
254
DH Theology and Philosophy
267
D1 Grammar
288
DK Commerce
307
Introduction
342
ec Physics
355
EE Astrology
369
EF Chronology and Systems of Dating
383
e1 Botany
401
Em Magic
422
GH VARIETIES OF MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE
505
gb The Latin Literature of Late Antiquity
537
gD Beast Epic and Fable
556
gF Proverbs and Epigrams
569
gH Exempla
582
gj Hymns
597
gL Hagiography
618
gN Historiography
639
gP Sermons
659
gR Debates and Dialogues
677
gU Devotional and Mystical Literature
694
gv Encyclopedias
702
gw Anthologies and Florilegia
708
Latin and Greek
718
Latin and the Vernacular Languages
728
indices
735
I1 Modern Authors Editors and General Works of Reference
749
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