Latin Inscriptions in Oxford - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1851244301 ISBN 13: 9781851244300

Publisher: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2015

Synopsis

For six centuries following its foundation, Latin was the main language written and spoken at the University of Oxford. Today, one can still find Latin inscriptions carved into many of its monuments, as well those of the city, dating from the medieval period to the present day. But few of us can discern what all of these inscriptions mean.
           
For Latin Inscriptions in Oxford, Reginald H. Adams, a former scholar at St. John’s College, University of Oxford, has translated a selection of Latin inscriptions. Among them, he finds a great many tributes and memorials―to Queen Anne, Cardinal Wolsey, and T. E. Lawrence, but also to Irene Frude, a “most kindly landlady” on Little Clarendon who “provided each day for almost thirty-five years enormous breakfasts.” Some of the inscriptions offer concise commentary―“Without experiment, it is not possible to know anything adequately.” While others are instructive like the Rhodes House’s warning, “Let no one who is smoke-bearing enter here.”
           
Evocative mementoes of the past, the inscriptions collected by Adams bring insight to the vivid history of Oxford, the city and the university.

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About the Author

Reginald H. Adams was a member of St. John’s College, University of Oxford.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851244301
• ISBN 13: 9781851244300
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104