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della Latinità Italiana del Medioevo (UAN) | Latin
Language Tools, University of Tartu
Introductions and reference
works on literary scholarship
and literary theory. Mantello and Rigg (1996) Medieval
Latin: an introduction and bibliographical guide (PA2802.M43,
Lane Rm.) supersedes McGuire (1977) Introduction to Medieval
Latin Studies, 2 ed (PA2816.M24 1977) as the standard,
indispensable handbook for Medieval Latin. Individual chapters of
Powell (1992) Medieval Studies: an
introduction, 2d ed. (D116.M4 1992, Lane Rm.) may remain useful.
Peter Stotz's Handbuch
zur lateinischen Sprache des Mittelalters (1996-) is in progress,
and the first volume published (vol. 3) was reviewed
in Speculum
74, 1999: 513. As of late 2006 completed volumes: 1. Bd. Einleitung
lexikologische Praxis Worter und Sachen Lehnwortgut -- 3. B. Lautlehre
-- Bd. 4. Formenlehre, Syntax und Stilistik -- Bd. 5. Bibliographie,
Quellenübersicht und Register. A standard introduction to medieval
Latin is Palmer's translation and revision of Karl Strecker's Introduction
to Medieval Latin (PA2816.S713, Lane Rm.). A standard
retrospective bibliography that includes medieval Latin is Cousin
(1948) Bib.
de la langue latine 1880-1948 (Z7026.C6, Stacks). This could
be updated for recent years by the "filologia" section of the excellent
annual bibliography Medioevo
latino . . . (Z6201.M4, Lane Rm.). Bibliotheca
lexicologiae Medii Aevi, 10 vols. (Z7028.L47.T74) is also an
extensive retrospective bibliography. For rhetoric, including sermons
and university disputation, there is Murphy (1989) Medieval
Rhetoric: a select bibliography, 2nd ed. (Z7004.R5.M87, Stacks).
Recent Latin langauge grammars
- Bourgain. 2005. Le
latin médiéval / avec la collaboration de Marie-Clotilde
Hubert. L'atelier du médiéviste ; 10.
For Latin literature Brunhoelzl (1975-)
Geschichte
der lateinischen Literatur des M.Â. (PA8015.B7, Green
Stacks) may prove to be the last single-handed attempt of a history
of Latin literature to the end of the 12th century. Contents of
completed volumes: t. 1. De Cassiodore à la fin de la Renaissance
carolingienne. v. 1. L'epoque merovingienne -- v. 2. L'Epoque Carolingienne.
There is a French language edition: Histoire
de la litterature latine du Moyen Åge. In contrast to
Brunhoelzl and characteristic of a genre of histories produced by
a group of contributors is the ongoing Lo Spazio letterario del
Medioevo. (PA8027 .S629 1992). A 2003 survey is in the Lane
Room Letteratura
latina medievale, secoli 6- 15: un manuale / a cura di Claudio
Leonardi . . . (reviewed in Speculum 80, 2005:260).
Other manuals include:
Brunhoelzl is in the tradition of and is intended
to supersede Manitius (1911-31) Geschichte
der lateinischen Literatur des M. (PA25.H26 Bd.9, Abt.2,
t.1-3, Stacks) and Joseph de Ghellinck's (1939) Littérature
latine au M.Â. and (1949) L'essor
de la littérature latine du XIIième siècle.
Other fundamental works with great reference value
are C.S. Lewis (1964) The
discarded image . . ., with its description of Classical and
Christian worldviews and how they influenced literature; Curtius
(1953) European
literature and the Latin Middle Ages, treating the continuity
of classical literary traditions in the Medieval period; and Reynolds
and Wilson (1991) Scribes
and scholars: a guide to the transmission of Greek and Latin literature,
3d ed. The latter is in Lane, Bender, and Stacks (PA47.R4 1991).
Fisher (1966) The
Medieval Literature of Western Europe; a review of research, mainly
1930-1960 (PN671.F5, Lane Rm.) has excellent review articles
on Medieval Latin literature, Old English, Middle English, Medieval
French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Old Norse and
Celitic languages and literatures. Updates can be found in
various issues of Year's
Work in Modern Language Studies (PB1.Y45, current year in the
Info Center). Dictionaries and other linguistic aides are described
in these works, and many are shelved in the Reference Collection.
Useful for odd bits of background information is Robb
(1979) "The Middle Ages: An Annotated Bibliographical Supplement"
in Literary Research Newsletter 4:2(1979), pp.72-94
(copy in the Medieval vertical file). For neo-Latin Companion
to Neo-Latin Studies, 1990-1998. Kaske (1988) Medieval
Christian Literary Imagery (Z6203.K38, Lane Rm.) covers a great
deal of ground from biblical to classical sources, to sermons, liturgy,
etc. As a companion volume for classical motifs use Brumble (1988)
Classical
myths and legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance: a dictionary
of allegorical meanings (PN669 .B78, Info Center).
An extensively documented handbook/encyclopedia is
Neues Handbuch der Literaturwissenschaft, v.6: Europaeisches
Fruehmittelalter (1985); v.7: Europaeisches Hochmittelalter
(1981); v.8: Europaeisches Spaetmittelalter (1978).
The best general encyclopedia is probably Dizionario letterario
Bompiani, 8 v., 1947, PN.D5; and its three volume companion
set Autori, 1956, Z1010.D5. A German adaptation is Kindler's
Literaturlexikon, 7 v., 1965. Also, Franklin
(1875) Dictionnaire des noms, surnoms, et pseudonymes de l'histoire
littéraire du moyen age, 1100-1530, Z1041.F83, is
useful.
The single volume Kunitz and Colby European authors
1000-1900, 1967, PN451.K8 is handy, but not as thorough as Bompiani
. . . Auctori, above. The standard general literary dictionaries
and encyclopedias behind the desk are of course useful, especially
Brewer's (PN43.B65) and the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry
and Poetics, PN1021.E5. A wide-ranging collection of sources
is found in Jones, Medieval Literature in Translation, 1950,
PN667.J6.
Other useful reference works:
- Bretscher-Gisiger. 2002. Lexikon
literatur des mittelalters. 2 v. PN669 .L49, Lane Rm.
- Ciccarese. 2002. Animali
simbolici : alle origini del bestiario cristiano / a cura
di Maria Pia Ciccarese.
- Lecouteux. 1996. Charmes,
conjurations et benedictions au Moyen Age lexiques et formules.
Paris: Champion.
- Lindahl. 2002. Medieval
folklore: a guide to myths, legends, tales, and customs /
edited by Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, John Lindow.
- Meyer. 1987. Lexikon
der mittelalterlichen Zahlenbedeutungen. Symbolism of numbers--History.
Allegory of numbers in the Bible and medieval Latin writers.
- Miquel. 1992. Dict.
symbolique des animaux: zoologie mystique. 1992. GR705.M58,
Info Center. Christian symbolism.
- Gerritsen. 1988. A
dictionary of medieval heroes: characters in medieval narrative
traditions and their afterlife in literature, theatre, and the
visual arts. PN682 .C5 V3513, Lane Rm.
The
Camelot Project (U. of Rochester) Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies,
basic information
Labyrinth's
Resources
for Arthurian Studies.
English
Drama  .
3,900 plays in verse and prose tracing the development of drama
in English from the medieval mystery cycles . . .
Early English Books Online .
In progress; some fulltext and images
English
Poetry Database .
Includes the works of ca. 1,350 poets from 600-1900 excluding the
following: translations into English verse after 1800, hymns published
after 1800, works in languages other than English, poems never published
or only published in contemporary newspapers, journals or miscellanies,
verse dramas intended for the stage
Early
English Prose Drama
English Verse Drama. CD-ROM, Lane Rm PR635.V4 E64. Contains
works acted on or intended for the stage, which are either wholly
or predominantly in verse. Masques, entertainments, translations
and adaptations are included, along with certain closet dramas omitted
from English
Poetry Database .
Recent (and not so recent) Reference Books &
Bibliography
Subject (LC): Arthur, King. Arthurian romances--History and criticism.
Arthurian romances--Adaptations--History and criticism.
- Archibald. 1996. A
companion to Malory. PR2045.A73, Stacks.
- Arthurian Legend, Chretien de Troys, Gottfried von Strassburg,
Layamon, Alliterative Morte Arthure.In Classical
and Medieval Literary Criticism. Vol. 10.
- Arthurian Revival. In Nineteenth-Century
Literary Criticism. Vol. 36.
- Ashe. 1996. The
New Arthurian encyclopedia. Rev. and expanded ed. DA152.5
.A7 N48, Lane; Info Center.
- Brewer. 1997. A
companion to the Gawain-poet.
- Bruce. 1999. The
Arthurian Name Dictionary. DA152.5 .A7 B78, Info Center.
- Coleman. 1973. Epic
and Romance Criticism; a checklist of interpretations, 1940-1973.
2 v. Z7156.E6C64, Lane Rm.
- Grimbert. 1995. Tristan
and Isolde: a casebook.
- Karr. 1983. King
Arthur Companion: the legendary world of Camelot and the Round
Table as revealed by the tales themselves PR2045.K36, Info
Center.
- Kennedy. 1996. King
Arthur: a casebook. PN686.A7K56, Stacks.
- Krueger. 2000. The Cambridge companion to medieval romance.
PN671 .C36, Stacks. Romances--History and criticism.
- Lacy. 1997. The
Arthurian handbook. 2nd ed. PN685 .L3, Lane Rm.; Info Center.
- Lacy. 1996. Medieval
Arthurian literature: a guide to recent research. PN685.M43,
Lane Rm.
- Lupack. 2005. Oxford
Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend. DA152.5 .A7 L87,
Stacks.
- Makale. 1997.
Petite encyclopaedie du Graal.
- Schmolke-Hasselmann. 1998. The
evolution of Arthurian romance: the verse tradition from Chretien
to Froissart.
- Spence. 1913. Dictionary
of Medieval Romances and Romance Writers, PN669.S6 1913, Lane
Rm.; Info Center.
- Stewart. 1995. Merlin
through the ages: a chronological anthology and source book.
- Walters. 1996.
Lancelot and Guinevere: a casebook.
- White. 1995. Arthurian
sources. 9 v. NOTES: v. 1. Introduction, bibliography,
notes, index -- v. 2. Annals and charters -- v. 3. Persons: ecclesiastics
and laypeople - - v. 4. Places and peoples, and Saxon archaeology
-- v. 5. Genealogies and texts -- v. 6. Studies in Dark-Age history
-- v. 7. The Ruin of Britain and other documents -- v. 8. British
history and the Welsh annals -- v. 9. St. Patrick, his writings
and Muirchu's life.
- White. 1997. King
Arthur in legend and history. Chronology of key Arthurian
texts: p. x-xi.
- Wynne-Davies. 1996. Women
and Arthurian literature: seizing the sword.
- West. 1978. An
Index of Proper Names in French Arthurian Romances. PQ2003.W4,
Lane Rm.
Arthuriana: periodicals/indexes
European
Medieval Drama, a personal selection by Sydney Higgins.
English
Drama .
3,900 plays in verse and prose tracing the development of drama
in English from the medieval mystery cycles . . .
Early English Books Online .
In progress; some fulltext and images
English
Poetry Database .
Includes the works of ca. 1,350 poets from 600-1900 excluding the
following: translations into English verse after 1800, hymns published
after 1800, works in languages other than English, poems never published
or only published in contemporary newspapers, journals or miscellanies,
verse dramas intended for the stage
Early
English Prose Drama
English Verse Drama. CD-ROM, Lane Rm PR635.V4 E64. Contains
works acted on or intended for the stage, which are either wholly
or predominantly in verse. Masques, entertainments, translations
and adaptations are included, along with certain closet dramas omitted
from English
Poetry Database .
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- Harbage. 1989. Annals
of English drama, 975-1700: an analytical record of all plays,
extant or lost, chronologically arranged and indexed by authors,
titles, dramatic companies. 3rd ed. Routledge. Z2014.D7 H25,
Info Center.
- Gerritsen. 1998. A
dictionary of medieval heroes: characters in medieval narrative
traditions and their afterlife in literature, theatre, and the
visual arts. PN682 .C5 V3513, Lane Rm.
- Stratman. 1972. Bibliography
of Medieval Drama. rev. ed. Z5782.A258, Lane Rm. Updated by:
- Vince. 1989. Companion
to the Medieval Theatre. PN2152.C66, Info Center.
Subject (LC): Proverbs, Latin.
Subject (LC): Rhetoric, Medieval. Rhetoric--1500-1800--Bibliography.
English language--Rhetoric--Bibliography. English poetry--Early modern,
1500-1700--History and criticism--Bibliography.
Subject (LC): Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
Thesaurus
formarum totius latinitatis: CETEDOC index of Latin forms a
Plauto usque ad saeculum XXum. Subject (LC): Christian literature,
Early--Latin authors--Indexes. Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Indexes.
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Indexes.
Quellet (1980) Bib.
indicum lexicorum et concordantiarum auctorum latinorum . .
. (Z6605.63.Q88, Lane Rm.). Indexes and concordances can also be
identified by means of Socrates by personal names or genres and
subdivision "concordances" or "indexes" (e.g., Prayers, Medieval-Indexes;
French Poetry-to 1500-Indexes; Chansons de geste-Indexes;
Arthurian Romances-Concordances; English Poetry-Middle
English, 1100-1500-Concordances). Reference guides as Berlioz
(1994) Identifier sources et citations,
CB351.B4; and Kaske (1988) Medieval Christian Literary Imagery: A Guide to Interpretation
also help identify such publications, including Tubach (1969) Index
exemplorum: a handbook of medieval religious tales, which is
shelved in Stacks.
Computerization of texts has produced a glut of printed
concordances; many corpora are listed on the fulltext
page. Printed and microfiche sources include:
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November 5, 2007
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