Monday, January 27, 2014

Material covered by the second midterm (Feb. 3)

I have omitted Boethius, which leaves a rather modest amount of Latin.

M.M. pages 60–62: Boethius [oops; should, of course, not be there; emended Jan 29]
pages 71–75: Pope Gregory I (sections B, and C)
pages 77–80: Venantius Fortunatus
pages 81–85: Isidore of Seville (sections A, B, and D)
R.M.L. 6.3: St. Andomnan
M.M. pages 86–88: The voyage of St. Brendan
pages 89–90: Vita Sancti Ciarani de Saigir
R.M.L. 7.2: St. Bede
(a): Ecclesiastical History

[Fourth-year students: Einhard, Life of Charlemagne, excerpts]

Remember: anything from these passages, however difficult they are, might appear on the exam. I will again ask you to parse certain words, identify certain constructions, and explain certain medievalisms. I will ask you to identify, where possible, the author and the approximate date of the passage. In some case the date of the passage will have to be the rough dates of the author. In other cases the dates will be a rather wide range (e.g., The voyage of St. Brendan).