#mediaeval latin

[vixvigil]

They wander in deep woods, in mournful light, / Amid long reeds and drowsy-headed poppies, / And lakes where no wave laps, and voiceless streams, / Upon whose banks in the dim light grow old / Flowers that were once bewailed names of kings.

— The Fields of Sorrow, Ausonius (trans. Helen Waddell, Mediaeval Latin Lyrics)

[classics-cassandra]

[classics-cassandra]

How do you send an email accepting a research project without saying “mediaeval bestiaries are my passion”? Asking for a friend

[reslatinae]

The couple had corresponded in Latin, but found that they could not understand each other, since they had learned different pronunciations.

Wikipedia on the first meeting of Catherine of Aragon and Arthur, Prince of Wales, after they had corresponded since youth in anticipation of eventually becoming married. He was her first husband who eventually died and left her a widow.