Have you ever had that irksome problem where you found a Latin place name and cannot figure out what its modern name is? Or perhaps the opposite – you know your manuscript was written in what is now Friuli, but can’t figure out what the Latin name is (it’s Forojuliensis, as everyone knows)? Well, be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dead languages’
Ancient Place Names
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dead languages, manuscripts, recommendations, research on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Magical Alphabets
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged curiosities, dead languages, manuscripts, pictures, strange alphabets on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While I’m trying to figure out how to catalogue a book of pasted-in miscellany, I thought I’d share it with you, my faithful readers. Since I don’t know how to use the scanner, you’ll all have to use your imaginations.
So far, this appears to be a collection of the 72 magical alphabets that make up [...]
Abbreviations: A Cheater’s Tool
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dead languages, impossible handwriting, manuscripts, pictures on July 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Despite having my Big Book o’ Latin Abbreviations (Cappelli’s Lexicon Abbreviaturarum) at hand, 8 times out of 10 I find myself hitting my head on my desk as I attempt to puzzle a real word out of an abbreviation. The 9th and 10th time I either find it in the Book o’ Abbreviations, or assume [...]
Week 1-My First MARC record
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dead languages, manuscripts, subject headings on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First of all, apologies for the delay in updating. As of now, I don’t have internet at home, and at work I’m working, so I won’t have regular internet until I manage to secure an apartment for myself. But I’ll try to make up for lost time.
Worked up a small sweat the night before the [...]
