Modern (Texts)

Modern Sites:

Luther: 95 Theses Luther: 95 Theses: Or, Disputatio pro Declaratione Virtutis Indulgentiarum. Complete text in Latin. From Project Wittenberg. (Modern) http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/ninetyfive-latin.txt Addison, Joseph: Opera Addison, Joseph: Opera: An Englishman who wrote in Latin. (Modern) http://eee.uci.edu/~papyri/Addison/text.html Mori, Sancti Thomae: Utopia Mori, Sancti Thomae: Utopia: De optimo statu reipublicae deque nova insula Utopia. (Modern) http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~harsch/mor_ut00.html Erasmus: Opera Erasmus: Opera: Moriae Encomium, Scripta Selecta and Colloquia. (Modern) http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/CLASSICS/erasmus.html Alciato's Book of Emblems Alciato's Book of Emblems: A collection of 212 Latin emblem poems, each consisting of a motto, a picture, and an epigrammatic text. Popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. (Modern) http://www.mun.ca/alciato/ In Quintum Novembris - John Milton In Quintum Novembris - John Milton: The work, introduction, and translation (U of California). (Modern) http://philological.bham.ac.uk/milton/ Declarationem Hominis Iurium Universam Declarationem Hominis Iurium Universam: A Latin translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (Modern) http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/ltn.htm Carmina Popularia Carmina Popularia: Latin translations and English back-translatons of popular songs. (Modern) http://ravendays.org/latin/carmina.html Vico, Giambattista: Oratio VI Vico, Giambattista: Oratio VI: The work of the professor of rhetoric at the University of Naples. (Modern) http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/CLASSICS/vico.orat6.html Ecce Gratum et Optatum Ecce Gratum et Optatum: Lyrics of a knieppe song written by Philipp Gretscher in 1895. (Modern) http://www.ingeb.org/Lieder/eccegrat.html Torquato Tasso’s Gerusalemme Liberata Torquato Tasso’s Gerusalemme Liberata: Gentili's Neo-Latin translation of Cantos I-II and IV (1584), and Carew's English rendition of the first five cantos (1595). (Modern) http://eee.uci.edu/~papyri/tasso/ Song Book Song Book: The Christmas and Miscellaneous pages have actual Neo-Latin songs like "White Christmas" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". (Modern) http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/song/index.htm Fides et Ratio Fides et Ratio: Encyclical Letter of John Paul II on the relation of faith to reason. (Modern) http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_15101998_fides-et-ratio_lt.html Contemporary Latin Poetry Contemporary Latin Poetry: Modern Latin poetry with information about scansion and style. (Modern) http://www.suberic.net/~marc/latinpoetry.html Verbi Sponsa Verbi Sponsa: Official Latin Text of document from Congregation For Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life. (Modern) http://zenit.org/english/archive/documents/verbi-sponsa_lt.html Glaucis Comic Strips Glaucis Comic Strips: Comic strips about a Latin-speaking owl called Glaucis (site is still mainly in Dutch but comic strips are in Latin). (Modern) http://geocities.com/glaucis2000/glaucisstrips.html Galileo Galilei: Sidereus Nuncius Galileo Galilei: Sidereus Nuncius: The Starry Messenger. An astronomical treatise. (Modern) http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/CLASSICS/galileo/galileo.sid.html Descartes: Meditationes Descartes: Meditationes: Trilingual (Latin, French, English) text of René Descartes' "Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in quibus Dei existentia, et animae humanse à corpore distinctio, demonstrantur." (Modern) http://philos.wright.edu/DesCartes/Meditations.html Bacon, Francis: Novum Organum Bacon, Francis: Novum Organum: Deals with the scientific method. (Modern) http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/CLASSICS/bacon.html Redemptoris Custos Redemptoris Custos: Latin text of John Paul II's apostolic exhortation on St. Joseph. (Modern) http://www.stjosef.at/dokumente/redculat.htm