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- An Anthology of Informal Latin, 200 BC – AD 900Fifty Texts with Translations and Linguistic Commentary
- An Anthology of Informal Latin, 200 BC – AD 900
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Texts
- 1 Ennius, Evhemervs III (Vahlen)
- 2 Plautus, Miles Gloriosvs 5–27
- 3 Plautus, Miles gloriosvs 416–35
- 4 Cato, De Agricvltvra 33.5–35
- 5 Cato, De Agricvltvra 157.3–7
- 6 One of the Johns Hopkins Defixiones (‘Plotius’), of Republican Date (c. 100 BC?)
- 7 Rhetorica Ad Herennivm 4.14: A Specimen of the ‘Simple Style’
- 8 Rhetorica ad Herennivm 4.16: A ‘Debased’ Variant of the ‘Simple Style’
- 9 Letter of Marcus Caelius Rufus to Cicero (CIc. FAM. 8.15.1–2)
- 10 Some Jokes Recorded by Cicero, Quintilian and Macrobius, Mainly of Republican Date
- 11 Vitruvius on The Larch (2.9.14–16), of The Augustan Period
- 12 From a Letter of Augustus (Suet. Avg. 76.2)
- 13 Soldier’s letter of the late first century BC (Augustan Period) from QASR Ibrîm, Egypt (P. Rainer Cent. 164, Cel 9)
- 14 Letter From Oxyrhynchus, Possibly Of Augustan Date (Brown 1970, P. Oxy. XLIV.3208)
- 15 Legal Document From the Archive of the Sulpicii, Dated 18 June Ad 37 at Puteoli (Tpsvlp. 51)
- 16 Sexual Verses From Pompeii (CIL IV.2360, 4008, 8229)
- 17 Passage from a Letter of Seneca (Epist. 12.1–3)
- 18 Freedman’s Speech from the Satyrica of Petronius (37.1–38.2)
- 19 Curse Tablet from the Sanctuary of Isis and Mater Magna at Mainz (Blänsdorf 2010a: 173–5, Text no. 8), of the Second Half of the First Century AD
- 20 Letter From the Myos Hormos Road (Egypt), End of First Century/First Quarter of Second (Cuvigny 2003: II.409, M689)
- 21 Letter of Claudia Severa from Vindolanda (Tab. Vindol. 291), of the Early Second Century
- 22 Letter of Claudius Terentianus (P. MICH. VIII.471, CEL 146), of The Early Second Century
- 23 Letter From Mons Claudianus (Egypt), of the Second Century (O. ClaVd. 367)
- 24 Another Letter From the Myos Hormos Road (Egypt), of the Period of Hadrian (Cuvigny 2003: II.405, M1107)
- 25 Surveyor’s Inscription From Algeria (CIL VIII.2728 = 18122 = ILS 5795), Commemorating the Construction of an Aqueduct, c. 153
- 26 Soldier’s Letter From Wâdi Fawâkhir (Egypt), Possibly of the Second Century (O. FAW. 2, CPL 304, CEL 74)
- 27 Passio Sanctarvm Perpetvae Et Felicitatis 10, of the Early Third Century
- 28 The Magerius Mosaic (Third Century)
- 29 Pelagonius, Ars Veterinaria 34 (Fourth Century)
- 30 Parts Of Pelagonius, Ars Veterinaria 404, From Two Different Manuscripts
- 31 Letter Of Publicola To Augustine (Aug. Epist. 46, Csel 34)
- 32 Curse Tablet From London Bridge (Hassall And Tomlin 1987: 360–1 no. 1)
- 33 Curse Tablet From The Hamble Estuary, Hampshire (Tomlin 1997: 455 no. 1)
- 34 Curse Tablet From Uley, Gloucestershire (Hassall And Tomlin 1996: 440 no. 1)
- 35 Another Curse Tablet From Uley, Gloucestershire (Hassall And Tomlin 1992: 311 no. 5)
- 36 Curse Tablet From Ratcliffe-On-Soar, Nottinghamshire (Hassall And Tomlin 1993: 312 no. 2)
- 37 Curse Tablet From Leicester (Tomlin 2008, 2009: 327 no. 21)
- 38 Gospel Of John (6.51–69) From The Vetvs Latina (Codex Palatinvs, e), And The Corresponding Passage From The Vulgate
- 39 Patrick, Confessio 42–3 (Fifth Century)
- 40 Patrick, Confessio 48–9
- 41 From One of the Albertini Tablets (Tablettes Albertini XIV.1–9), of the Late Fifth Century
- 42 Two Versions of a Passage From the Physica Plinii
- 43 Two Versions of Historia Apollonii regis Tyri 40.1–15
- 44 Itinerarivm Antonini Placentini 36–7, With Different Versions
- 45 Passage from the Dialogues of Gregory the Great (1.2.2–3)
- 46 Visigothic Slate Tablet (Velázquez Soriano 2004, no. 40.II), of the First Half of the Seventh Century
- 47 Passage from the Vita Sanctae Evphrosynae (17)
- 48 Selected Passages from the Annales Regni Francorvm, in Two Versions
- 49 A Description of the Basilica of Saint-denis of 799
- 50 A Tenth-century Treatise on Falcon Medicine from Northern Italy
- Final Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Verborum
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2017
- An Anthology of Informal Latin, 200 BC – AD 900Fifty Texts with Translations and Linguistic Commentary
- An Anthology of Informal Latin, 200 BC – AD 900
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Texts
- 1 Ennius, Evhemervs III (Vahlen)
- 2 Plautus, Miles Gloriosvs 5–27
- 3 Plautus, Miles gloriosvs 416–35
- 4 Cato, De Agricvltvra 33.5–35
- 5 Cato, De Agricvltvra 157.3–7
- 6 One of the Johns Hopkins Defixiones (‘Plotius’), of Republican Date (c. 100 BC?)
- 7 Rhetorica Ad Herennivm 4.14: A Specimen of the ‘Simple Style’
- 8 Rhetorica ad Herennivm 4.16: A ‘Debased’ Variant of the ‘Simple Style’
- 9 Letter of Marcus Caelius Rufus to Cicero (CIc. FAM. 8.15.1–2)
- 10 Some Jokes Recorded by Cicero, Quintilian and Macrobius, Mainly of Republican Date
- 11 Vitruvius on The Larch (2.9.14–16), of The Augustan Period
- 12 From a Letter of Augustus (Suet. Avg. 76.2)
- 13 Soldier’s letter of the late first century BC (Augustan Period) from QASR Ibrîm, Egypt (P. Rainer Cent. 164, Cel 9)
- 14 Letter From Oxyrhynchus, Possibly Of Augustan Date (Brown 1970, P. Oxy. XLIV.3208)
- 15 Legal Document From the Archive of the Sulpicii, Dated 18 June Ad 37 at Puteoli (Tpsvlp. 51)
- 16 Sexual Verses From Pompeii (CIL IV.2360, 4008, 8229)
- 17 Passage from a Letter of Seneca (Epist. 12.1–3)
- 18 Freedman’s Speech from the Satyrica of Petronius (37.1–38.2)
- 19 Curse Tablet from the Sanctuary of Isis and Mater Magna at Mainz (Blänsdorf 2010a: 173–5, Text no. 8), of the Second Half of the First Century AD
- 20 Letter From the Myos Hormos Road (Egypt), End of First Century/First Quarter of Second (Cuvigny 2003: II.409, M689)
- 21 Letter of Claudia Severa from Vindolanda (Tab. Vindol. 291), of the Early Second Century
- 22 Letter of Claudius Terentianus (P. MICH. VIII.471, CEL 146), of The Early Second Century
- 23 Letter From Mons Claudianus (Egypt), of the Second Century (O. ClaVd. 367)
- 24 Another Letter From the Myos Hormos Road (Egypt), of the Period of Hadrian (Cuvigny 2003: II.405, M1107)
- 25 Surveyor’s Inscription From Algeria (CIL VIII.2728 = 18122 = ILS 5795), Commemorating the Construction of an Aqueduct, c. 153
- 26 Soldier’s Letter From Wâdi Fawâkhir (Egypt), Possibly of the Second Century (O. FAW. 2, CPL 304, CEL 74)
- 27 Passio Sanctarvm Perpetvae Et Felicitatis 10, of the Early Third Century
- 28 The Magerius Mosaic (Third Century)
- 29 Pelagonius, Ars Veterinaria 34 (Fourth Century)
- 30 Parts Of Pelagonius, Ars Veterinaria 404, From Two Different Manuscripts
- 31 Letter Of Publicola To Augustine (Aug. Epist. 46, Csel 34)
- 32 Curse Tablet From London Bridge (Hassall And Tomlin 1987: 360–1 no. 1)
- 33 Curse Tablet From The Hamble Estuary, Hampshire (Tomlin 1997: 455 no. 1)
- 34 Curse Tablet From Uley, Gloucestershire (Hassall And Tomlin 1996: 440 no. 1)
- 35 Another Curse Tablet From Uley, Gloucestershire (Hassall And Tomlin 1992: 311 no. 5)
- 36 Curse Tablet From Ratcliffe-On-Soar, Nottinghamshire (Hassall And Tomlin 1993: 312 no. 2)
- 37 Curse Tablet From Leicester (Tomlin 2008, 2009: 327 no. 21)
- 38 Gospel Of John (6.51–69) From The Vetvs Latina (Codex Palatinvs, e), And The Corresponding Passage From The Vulgate
- 39 Patrick, Confessio 42–3 (Fifth Century)
- 40 Patrick, Confessio 48–9
- 41 From One of the Albertini Tablets (Tablettes Albertini XIV.1–9), of the Late Fifth Century
- 42 Two Versions of a Passage From the Physica Plinii
- 43 Two Versions of Historia Apollonii regis Tyri 40.1–15
- 44 Itinerarivm Antonini Placentini 36–7, With Different Versions
- 45 Passage from the Dialogues of Gregory the Great (1.2.2–3)
- 46 Visigothic Slate Tablet (Velázquez Soriano 2004, no. 40.II), of the First Half of the Seventh Century
- 47 Passage from the Vita Sanctae Evphrosynae (17)
- 48 Selected Passages from the Annales Regni Francorvm, in Two Versions
- 49 A Description of the Basilica of Saint-denis of 799
- 50 A Tenth-century Treatise on Falcon Medicine from Northern Italy
- Final Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Verborum
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- An Anthology of Informal Latin, 200 BC–AD 900Fifty Texts with Translations and Linguistic Commentary, pp. 85 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016