Comments on: Ancient, Medieval and Classic Works

Ancient, Medieval and Classic Works

Kattullus — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:19:35 -0800

In Parentheses is a collection of many ancient, medieval and classic texts from all over the world, many of whom are hard to find anywhere, let alone on the internet. There are translations from Greek, Old Norse, Medieval Irish, Japanese, Incan, Old French, Medieval Latin and many more! As well as all that they have papers in medieval studies and vaguely decadent and orientalism series. Adding to that there's a linguistics section with wordlists and language flash cards in languages such as Icelandic, Quechua, Basque, Classical Armenian and a whole bunch more. [flashcard links go to pdf files]

By: orrnyereg

orrnyereg — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:40:17 -0800

This great--even more comprehensive than Medieval Sourcebook! Thanks for posting!

By: anastasiav

anastasiav — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:42:24 -0800

If I could favorite this a dozen times, I would. Really great find. Thanks for sharing.

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:43:16 -0800

"Many of whom"??? Paging Daddy-O.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:46:54 -0800

A book's a living thing, no?

By: jamjam

jamjam — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:52:16 -0800

I read The Tale of Thorstein Staff-smitten. If someone slighted you in any way, you had to kill them or become a pariah. They had to go raiding just to keep from exterminating themselves.

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:52:24 -0800

No.

By: Green Eyed Monster

Green Eyed Monster — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:40:51 -0800

You know, I've already read some of these (or parts of them) in college. This is one of those times I get to feel smug about spending the big money and going to a Jesuit university. Ahhhh...I'm so well-rounded... (these times make it possible for me to make my student loan payment every month without crying)

By: Green Eyed Monster

Green Eyed Monster — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:41:09 -0800

also, very cool post, btw.

By: kryptondog

kryptondog — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:44:43 -0800

This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you very much for posting this.

By: scrump

scrump — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:50:59 -0800

I love this so much I'm favoriting this post despite the "of whom".

By: scrump

scrump — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:58:08 -0800

Oh, and can I just say that the footnoted "Liberation Philology" on the flashcards made me giggle a whole lot. For those who don't get why: reference.

By: alexwoods

alexwoods — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:39:20 -0800

Kick ass, thanks for posting.

By: alexwoods

alexwoods — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:41:29 -0800

(upon a closer look) Medieval Canadian???

By: Mojojojo

Mojojojo — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:13:06 -0800

Great post!! Give me more! I've already read two stories. Way cool, I even had to skim the Medieval Canadian entry. Ummm. I had no idea!

By: synaesthetichaze

synaesthetichaze — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:47:20 -0800

The Icelandic flash cards are neat; another free source for learning the Icelandic language online is offered by the University of Iceland. I have no idea if it is any good, however.

By: nosila

nosila — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:02:09 -0800

I'm geeking out so hard I'm pretty sure my brains are about to hit the ceiling! Awesome!

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:21:53 -0800

*swoons* Thank you.

By: kiripin

kiripin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:16:00 -0800

Oh, neat! Thanks for posting this. You've just made my day!