COLLOQUIA
Latin dialogues concerning teaching, made to help you improve your Latin and your teaching ability.
1. INTERPELLATIO – a teacher is interrupted by a student asking his comrade for a pencil.
II. INTERVALLVM – an interaction between two teachers on the challenges of teaching at a public school.
DE CIVILITATE Erasmo Auctore
A minor work of Erasmus on civility and manners, addressed to a young king. Erasmus’ style in this work is simple and clear, and he broaches a wide range of subjects.
DE RATIONE STUDII Erasmo Auctore
Erasmus’ succinct treatise on the method of study for students of Latin and Greek. The book also includes Concio de Puero Iesu; Expostulatio Iesu ad Mortales; and Carmina Scholaria..
FULL PDF (Includes three other minor works by Erasmus “Concio de Puero Iesu” “Expostulatio Iesu ad Mortales” and “Carmina Scholaria”)
ILIAS PER LAURENTIUM VALLAM
Lorenzo Valla’s translation of the Iliad into Latin prose
PARAPHRASES PER ERASMUM
Renarration of the Gospels given by Erasmus of Rotterdam
1. IN EVANGELIVM IOHANNEM – only chapter 18 at the moment, but should the people demand more, I would happily continue to transcribe it.
DAILY GOSPEL MEDITATIONS
The Daily Catholic Mass Readings as Paraphrased by Desiderius Erasmus
1. 8.22.23 – Matthew 19: 23-30
II. 8.23.23 – Matthew 20: 1-16
IV. 8.25.23 – Matthew 22: 34-40
VI. 8.27.23 (Sunday) Matthew 16-13-20 + Letter to the Romans 11:33-36
VIII 8.29.23 Mark 6:17-29
The Remaining Gospel Meditations can be found under “posts >> Paraphrases in Evangelium”
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