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I looked up that program, and my mouth started watering and I don’t even know the first thing about Latin. I hope you get it, from what I read about it, it seems to be a truly remarkable program.
Ooooooooooh. Aaaaaaaaaah. Very impressive. I was able to access it via my institutional subscription. Dictionaries covering all ages of Latin (although not Latham’s Medieval Latin Word-List). It seems personal subscriptions are available but there’s no indication of cost. It would be worth it, as BREPOLS is a quality publisher.
Andrew: What do you want to bet they are stupidly expensive?
I see that thay have Du Cange, but from the flyer, it seems this is in the form of page scans, not a full digital version. I wonder how does this work – if you search for a word in Du Cange, it shows just the right page fragment with the definition, or entire page scan?
Hello Fr. Z,
As you know, BREPOLS is never cheap, alas. No doubt why most of their customers are institutional.
This nerd thinks THAT is COOL!
Dear Fr Z,
You’re probably correct. The pricing info only seems available by inquiry…never an encouraging sign!
one of the tests I use to judge how good a dictionary is is to look up what they have for “actuosa”. quite revealing!
Father,
I searched this on Google. There is an 8 MB PDF file one can download. The easier solution for you might be to get access privileges to a University that allows “off campus access.” Here is such a one. I would think a letter of permission would be granted based upon your work as a Latinist.
D.v.
The École des Chartes is developing an on-line searchable electronic edition of du Cange’s Glossarium (1883-87 Favre ed.): . They are working backwards and so far entries from O to Z are available. It seems very well-done. It’s not as sophisticated as the Brepols package, but it’s free!
Sorry that link to the olnine Du Cange didn’t come through: http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/
Dear Father: Missed you in Kzoo–burden of fame: you become the headline act! I assume you know about Perseus. Very good for amateur Latinists, at least. Free, a trifle complex, offers features I haven’t mastered.
Fr Z, on the contrary, it is the institutional prices that are really astronomically expensive, in my experience (having worked in a major university’s library acquisitions unit). Both ATLAS and JSTOR have quite affordable individual pricing. You might be lucky with Brepols.
I would suggest you write to ask them, and offer to review the site. Mention the readership number of your blog. I’ll bet they either give you a free subscription or cut you a deal. It’s certainly worth a shot.
I add my own endorsement to that of Dr. Peterson regarding Tufts University’s Project Perseus. (I don’t know why anyone would want to be a “professional” Latinist–better an amateur who “loves”!)
Keep Doing The Red, Father Z. ;-)