Monthly Archives: December 2012

Chronicles From the City Founding of Livius Titus, Book I

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Mark Mueller

Our last project for Livy was to translate the preface unaided by any commentary or another English translation. I had read the preface in English two or three times prior, so I wasn’t going in completely blind. Even so, a … Continue reading →

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Ship of Fools IV

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Mark Mueller

Folio (Re)cusatio Jacobilocher Philomusi Derisio boni op(er)is Ambulans recto itinere (et) timens deu(m) despicit(ur) ab eo qui infami graditur via. Querit derisor sapientia(m) (et) no(n) invenit(ur) doctrina prudentiu(m) facilis. Qui deridetur: invocabit deu(m) (et) exaudiet eu(m): deridetur eni(m) iusti simplicitas … Continue reading →

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Ship of Fools III

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Mark Mueller

L Fatuor(um) damno sapie(n)tes nos fieri co(n)venit Stultor(um) lapsum miserum subitamq(ue) ruinam Qui videt astutus nec sibi deinde cavet Est stultus: c(a)eco nec recto tramite pergens: Et fatui barbam mulcet ubiq(ue) manu. Alienis p(er)icul(is) fieri sapie(n)te(m). Atte(n)de in illis ne … Continue reading →

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Ship of Fools II

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Mark Mueller

XLVI De iracundia ex levi causa Assiduis flagris tardu(m) qui pungit asellum S(a)epius ad longas corruit auriculas. Ira brevis furor est. nil indignatio prodest Sincer(a)e mentis est inimica minax Irasci sine causa Vince iras a(n)i(ma)mq(ue) tuum qui cetera vincas: Impedit … Continue reading →

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Ship of Fools I

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Mark Mueller

The next few prints are Latin translations of Sebastian’s Brandt’s 15th century satire, “The Ship of Fools,” originally published in German. It was, apparently, Albrecht Durer’s first commisioned work! It looks like these are selections from the (much abridged) Latin … Continue reading →

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virtutem coluisse iuvat nam vincere virtutas vim solet, et plures nobilitare viros.

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Mark Mueller

Another batch from the McMaster Museum of Art came a little while ago, and Christmas holidays gives me a little time to work on them. This first image has both Latin and German. I’ll supply the original text with my … Continue reading →

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