Course Summary
Course Number: LNW 3490. General Education Requirement: HN. Class number: 15151. Credits: 03. Room: DAU 125 Seminar Room. Times: T 5-6 (= Tuesdays 11:45 am to 1:40 pm), R 6 (Thursdays 12:50 pm to 1:40 pm). LNW 3490 Medieval Latin is a course offered in the Department of Classics at University of Florida. Department contact: Mr. Ken Vandoren.
Course Description
The course is an introduction to Medieval Latin in its cultural and historical context for students who have completed at least two years of Classical Latin. Students will read in the original from a selection of texts illustrating important aspects of Medieval culture, history, literature, philosophy, religion, and language. The grammatical and lexical peculiarities of Medieval Latin will be discussed. The course will also involve a small practicum in codicology and palaeography intended to introduce students to the study of manuscripts.
Course Objectives
In this course students will become conversant with the basic aspects of Medieval Latin literature, language, and culture. Our main focus will be the period from Late Antiquity to the Carolingian Renaissance, although authors and works from later times will also be considered.
Textbooks
K. Sidwell, Reading Medieval Latin (Cambridge University Press) = RML
Further reading (optional):
- Paleography and Codicology:
- Bernhard Bischoff. Latin palaeography: antiquity and the MiddleAges (Cambridge 1991). Link to online book.
- Michelle P. Brown. A guide to Western historical scripts from antiquity to 1600 (Toronto 1990).
- Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham. Introduction to manuscript studies (Ithaca NY 2007).
- Abbreviations
- Punctuation
- Malcom B. Parkes. Pause and Effect: An introduction to the history of punctuation in the West (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1993).
- Lexica
- Charles Du Fresne Du Cange. Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis (Niort 1883-1887), Link to online book.
- Jan F. Niermeyer and C. van de Kieft, eds. Mediae Latinitatis lexicon minus (Leiden and Boston 2002). Link to online book.
Course Requirements and Grading
- Exam I: 40%.
- Exam II: 40%.
- Class Performance: 20%.
Grading Rubric for Translations.
General information on current university policies for assigning grade points is available in the Undergraduate Catalog.
Attendance and General Course Policy
- Attendance. Requirements for class attendance and make-up exams, assignments, and other work in this course are consistent with university policies that can be found in the online Undergraduate Catalog.
- Class Etiquette. Students are strongly discouraged from leaving the class in the middle of a lecture. Those who need to do so must obtain the instructor’s permission at the beginning of class.
- Makeup Examinations. Makeup exams are given only in extraordinary circumstances. Students who are unable to take exams at the appointed dates should notify the instructor’s assistants in advance.
- Honor Code. Students in LNW 3490 are expected to comply with the Academic Honor Code of the University of Florida.
ADA Requirements
Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation. For information about services available to students with special needs, contact the Disability Resource Center.
Course Evaluations
Students are expected to provide feedback on the quality of instruction in this course based on 10 criteria. These evaluations are conducted online at https://evaluations.ufl.edu. Evaluations are typically open during the last two or three weeks of the semester, but students will be given specific times when they are open. Summary results of these assessments are available to students at https://evaluations.ufl.edu/results.”
Calendar
| Session | Date | Topic | RML Assignment | Link(s) to Mss. |
| 01 | JAN 07 | ORIENTATION | No assignment | |
| 02 | JAN 09 | Introduction to Medieval Latin | No assignment | |
| 03 | JAN 14 | Introduction to Medieval Latin | No assignment | |
| 04 | JAN 16 | St. Benedict, Regula | RML pp. 5-12: 1 a | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 19408 |
| 05 | JAN 21 | St. Isidore, Regula
Cassiodorus, Institutiones |
RML pp. 12-13: 1 b,
RML pp. 13-17: 2 i, iii |
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 28118 |
| 06 | JAN 23 | St. Benedict, Regula | RML pp. 18-21: 1, i-iii |
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 19408 |
| 07 | JAN 28 | St. Benedict, Regula [continued]
St. Ambrose, Hymni |
RML pp. 22-24: 3 |
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| 08 | JAN 30 | Egeria, Peregrinatio | RML pp. 24-28: 4 | |
| 09 | FEB 04 | Egeria, Peregrinatio [continued] | RML pp. 24-28: 4 | |
| 10 | FEB 06 | Flex Day | ||
| 11 | FEB 11 | St. Jerome, Epistulae | RML pp. 48-56: 2 ii, iv |
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| 12 | FEB 13 | St. Jerome, Epistulae [continued] | RML pp. 48-56: 2 ii, iv |
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| 13 | FEB 18 | Prudentius, Psychomachia | RML pp. 57-65: 2 | St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek Cod. Sang. 136 |
| 14 | FEB 20 | St. Columba, Altus Prosator | RML 70-86: 1 B-E, G, I-L, N, Q-Z |
University College Dublin MS Franciscan A2 |
| 15 | FEB 25 | St. Columba, Altus Prosator [continued] |
RML 70-86: 1 B-E, G, I-L, N, Q-Z |
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| 16 | FEB 27 | EXAM I, same time and place as class | No assignment | |
| 00 | MAR 03 | SPRING RECESS | No assignment | |
| 00 | MAR 05 | SPRING RECESS | No assignment | |
| 17 | MAR 10 | St. Adomnan,Vita Columbae | RML pp. 88-90: 3 i. |
Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Gen. 1 |
| 18 | MAR 12 | Aldhelm, Aenigmata | RML pp. 93-101: 1 b ii-iii |
Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 302(450) |
| 19 | MAR 17 | Flex Day | ||
| 20 | MAR 19 | Miracula Nyniae Episcopi | RML pp. 108-111: 3 | |
| 21 | MAR 24 | Epitaph of Agapius
St. Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum |
RML pp. 117: 1
RML pp. 120-121: ii |
Lyon, Palais des Arts Arc. xvii: 147 |
| 22 | MAR 26 | Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, Calimachus | RML pp. 160-169: 4 | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 14485 |
| 23 | MAR 31 | Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, Calimachus [continued] |
RML pp. 160-169: 4 | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 14485 |
| 24 | APR 02 | Raymond of Aguilers, Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Jherusalem
Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum |
RML pp. 226-228: 2
RML pp. 228-229: 3 |
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| 25 | APR 07 | Raymond of Aguilers, Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Jherusalem
Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum |
RML pp. 226-228: 2
RML pp. 228-229: 3 |
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| 26 | APR 09 | Ruodlieb | RLM pp. 248-250: 2 | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 19486 |
| 27 | APR 14 | Carmina Burana | RLM pp.336-340: 2 i-iii |
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 4660 |
| 28 | APR 16 | Carmina Burana | RLM pp.336-340: 2 i-iii |
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 4660 |
| 29 | APR 21 | Flex Day | ||
| 30 | MAY 01 | EXAM 2 (12:30 pm -2:30 pm, same place as class) |