MARCH 2023 – RENAISSANCE LATIN MASTERCLASSES 2023 

MARCH 2023 – RENAISSANCE LATIN MASTERCLASSES 2023  The Timothyseus Project is delighted to confirm the dates and times of our next Renaissance Latin masterclass for the Spring Term (January to April) 2023: MARCH 2023  Advanced Latin: Reading and Translating Leonardo Bruni’s Historiarum Florentini populi libri XII (History of the Florentine People).  Week One, Monday, 6 March: The foundation of Florentia by Sulla’s veterans; Week Two, Monday, 13 March: One power’s liberty is another’s subjugation: Bruni’s assessment of Roman domination; Week Three, Monday, 20 March: The speech of Tegghiaio d’Aldobrando Adimari, counselling the Florentine magistrates against war with Siena; Week Four, Monday, 27 March: The outcome of the battle of the Arbia against Siena. These four sessions will take place online via Zoom, Monday evenings 6.00-8.00 p.m. London, UK, time (GMT). The tutor for this third masterclass will be Adam Greenwood, MA, Scholar of the Italian Renaissance and Greek and Latin Tutor for The Timothyseus Project.  Bernardo Rossellino, Tomb of Leonardo Bruni, 1446-48, Santa Croce, Florence. Image: Web Gallery of Art Didactic format, linguistic requirements, and course fees  The above Renaissance Latin masterclass will consist of four weekly sessions of two hours each. During each session an author and a Latin text will be introduced and a passage from the latter distributed as ‘homework’ for the attendees to translate into English before the next session. The following week, translations will be compared and corrected and the Latin text itself discussed, both in terms of grammar and style and in terms of historical and cultural context. Those interested in attending the above masterclass should note that a previous acquaintance with the Latin language is required to fully engage with the Latin texts. However, enthusiastic Latinists who are relatively new to the language and those wishing to learn more about the authors and texts presented are also welcome. The above Renaissance Latin masterclass will take place online via Zoom and will cost £120 per attendee (£100 per attendee for full-time students and for attendees of events with The Timothyseus Project in Autumn Term 2022), plus an administration fee of £20 per person for the academic year 2022-23. For further information on and/or to register for the above Renaissance Latin masterclass, please contact Timothy Demetris on this email address (timdemetris@hotmail.com) at the earliest possible opportunity.