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Raphaela's Blog – November 2007 Archive (2)

New Anselm reading group on Latinstudy

I will be coordinating a reading group for Anselm's Proslogion on Latinstudy starting in the second week of January. I've been wanting to read this text for some time now, and was delighted to find that quite a lot of people on the list are interested as well. If anyone in this network is… Continue

Added by Raphaela on November 26, 2007 at 4:53am — No Comments

Luna collucente (aka Au clair de la lune)

Luna collucente

Quidam clamitat:

"Stilum ad scribendum

Quisnam mihi dat?

Exstincta candela

Lumen deest mi;

Pro amore Dei,

Portam aperi!"

Luna collucente

Hoc responsum fit:

"Aperire nolo

Nox cum atra sit.

Vigilat vicina,

Ab illa quaeras

Calamum ut scribas

Tuas litteras."

Luna collucente

Ad vicinam it

Lumen rogaturus,

Portamque ferit.

"Quis es tu qui pulsas

Extra ianuas?"

"Pro amoris deo,

Me… Continue

Added by Raphaela on November 14, 2007 at 2:29pm — 1 Comment