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Some practical points
A syllabus is a guide,
not a contract.
Desk drinks are fine. No
food in class.
No electronic recordings of any
kind may be made in this class. Any materials of mine that I
distribute are offered for student use only, all other rights
reserved.
Quoddam animal
De Pellicano
Regina Coeli
Ave Verum
Nunc dimittis
Magnificat
Benedictus
Regatillo's Sponsors
Roman Rota Case
Abelard's Professor
Frightened Mice
The Prelate's Horse
St. Francis' Birds
An Ambitious Turtle
A Lucky Tree |
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Sacred Heart Major Seminary Students
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Intensive Intermediate Latin
Spring Term 2007, Reading course designation
489.
Class times: Tuesdays &
Thursdays, 1:00 to 3:50 pm, Room
111.
There will be a ten-minute break at
about 2:20 pm.
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Preparation / Topics
Jun 19:
Quiz on Rota case, Mark 15-16.
Jun 21: Final |
General Remarks
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We will cover the grammar that remains to be addressed in Collins
throughout the term and concentrate on translating. We
will read and analyze, in an order to be determined, the
Gospel
of Mark (Neo-Vulgate), some key
liturgical prayers, several examples of
medieval prose (sample right),
Canon Law (including a Roman Rota case, see below). Note that some of these
materials are already translated, while others are not. You
certainly may, and probably should, read available translations
prior to class so that we can concentrate on grammar and syntax.
intensive language courses require significant outside drilling
and practice. Come to each class ready to work, but also remember, these
kinds of courses are a blast!
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Quoddam animal dicitur hydrus, cuius natura est se involvere
luto, ut melius posset labi. Tandem in os crocodili, quando
dormit, intrat et sic, ventrem eius ingrediens, cor eius
mordet et sic crocodilium interimit. Mystice. Hydrus
significat filium Dei, qui assumpsit lutum nostrae carnis ut
facilius laberetur in os diaboli, et sic, ventrem euis
ingrediens et cor eius mordens, ipsum interficit.
Odo de
Cerinton, Narrationes, c. 1180. |
Required Texts: always bring these to class.
• John Collins,
A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin (Catholic University of
America, 1988 or later).
• Any substantial Latin-English
dictionary (Cassell's, Langenscheidt, Collins, etc.).
• R. Prior & J. Wohlberg,
501 Latin Verbs fully conjugated in
all the tenses
(Barron's, 1995 or later).
•
The Gospel of Mark, your
choice of three:
Download from the Vatican's website; Nestle-Aland,
Novum Testamentum Graece
et Latine (Deutsche Biblegesellschaft, 1986 or later); or
Nova Vulgata Bibliorum
Sacrorum Editio, Editio typica altera (Libreria Editrice
Vaticana, 1986). I have
placed a Nova Vulgata on reserve in the SHMS Szoka Library. Do not bring an older version of the Vulgate;
the differences are small but pedagogically annoying.
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Grading: Course grade will
be
determined by scores on announced quizzes and your performance on
in-class translations.
Scheduling Note: Dr. Peters will not meet with class on
Thursday, May 31. Students will use the period to begin prepping
assigned Mark chapters.
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A sad scene
from the Bayeux Tapestry |
Roman Rota case translation:
This short but important decision, Nullitatis matrimonii, c.
Filipiak, 23 mar. 1956, SRRD 48 (1956) 255-258, constare de
nullitate, was one of the first to consider the effects of a "divorce mentality" on
matrimonial consent.
Other handouts will include
St. Bonaventure (d. 1226), Life of
Francis (excerpt)
James of Vitry (d. 1240), De magistro.
Eduardo Regatillo,
Ius Sacramentarium,
4th ed (Sal Terrae, 1964) nn. 99-101, p. 71. De Patrinis.
Mozart's, Ave Verum
Physiologus, de Pellicano.
De pellicano dicit David in psalmo ci: “Similis factus sum
pellicano in solitudine.”
Physiologus dicit de eo quod nimis amans sit filios suos.
Cum autem genuerit natos et coeperint crescere, percutientes
lacerant parentes suos in faciem. Illi autem repercutiendo
occidunt filios suos. Tertia autem die mater eorum percutiens
costam suam aperit latus suum et infundit sanguinem super
corpora mortuorum, sicque cruore ipsius sanantur resuscitati
pulli. Ita et Dominus noster Iesus Christus per Isaiam prophetam
dicit: “Filios genui et exaltavi; ipsi autem me spreverunt.” Nos
igitur auctor et conditor noster omnipotens Deus creavit et cum
non essemus fecit nos ut essemus. Nos vero e contrario
percussimus eum cum in conspectu eius potius creaturae
servivimus quam creatori. Idcirco in crucem ascendere dignatus
est percussoque latere eius exivit sanguis et aqua in salutem
nostrum et vitam aeternam.
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W. A. Mozart, motet "Ave
verum", K. 618 (17 June 1791)
Ave, verum corpus, natum
de Maria virgine:
Vere passum, immolatum in
cruce pro homine;
Cujus latus perforatum
unda fluxit et sanguine.
Esto nobis praegustatum in
mortis examine.
Listen to:
Vienna Boy's Choir
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Perhaps
one modern magisterial document.
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