RENAISSANCE LATIN MASTERCLASSES 2023 (The Timothyseus Project)

From Timothy Demetris…   RENAISSANCE LATIN MASTERCLASSES 2023  The Timothyseus Project is delighted to confirm the following four Renaissance Latin masterclasses, which are based on four of the finest authors and texts of Italy’s golden fifteenth century, for the Spring Term (January to April) 2023: JANUARY 2023  Advanced Latin: Reading and Translating Pope Pius II’s Commentarii (Commentaries).  Week One, Tuesday, 3 January: Enea Silvio Piccolomini’s journey to Scotland and England (1435); Week Two, Tuesday, 10 January: Enea Silvio Piccolomini’s election as Pope Pius II (1458); Week Three, Tuesday, 17 January: Pope Pius II’s ceremonial arrival into Mantua (1459); Week Four, Tuesday, 24 January: Pope Pius II receives the relic of the head of St Andrew at the Milvian Bridge (1462). These four sessions will take place online via Zoom, 6.00-8.00 p.m. London, UK, time (GMT). The tutor for this first masterclass will be Timothy Demetris, MA, Founder and Director of The Timothyseus Project. 

Pinturicchio, Enea Silvio Piccolomini leaves for the Council of Basel, 1502-08, Piccolomini Library, Duomo, Siena. Image: Web Gallery of Art * FEBRUARY 2023  Advanced Latin: Reading and Translating Platina’s Liber de vita Christi ac omnium pontificum (Lives of the Popes).  Week One, Tuesday, 31 January: Excerpt from Platina’s Life of Nicholas V (1447-55); Week Two, Tuesday, 7 February: Excerpt from Platina’s Life of Pius II (1458-64); Week Three, Monday, 13 February: Excerpt from Platina’s Life of Paul II (1464-71); Week Four, Monday, 20 February: Excerpt from Platina’s Life of Sixtus IV (1471-84). These four sessions will take place online via Zoom, 6.00-8.00 p.m. London, UK, time (GMT). The tutor for this second masterclass will be Timothy Demetris, MA, Founder and Director of The Timothyseus Project. 

Melozzo da Forlì, Sixtus IV appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library, 1477, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican Museums, Vatican City. Image: Web Gallery of Art * MARCH 2023  Advanced Latin: Reading and Translating Leonardo Bruni’s Historiarum Florentini populi libri XII (History of the Florentine People).  **Dates and times to be confirmed in January 2023** The tutor for this third masterclass will be Adam Greenwood, MA, Scholar of the Italian Renaissance and Latin Tutor for The Timothyseus Project. 

Bernardo Rossellino, Tomb of Leonardo Bruni, 1446-48, Santa Croce, Florence. Image: Web Gallery of Art * APRIL 2023  Advanced Latin: Reading and Translating Marsilio Ficino’s De vita libri tres (Three Books on Life).  **Dates and times to be confirmed in January 2023** The tutor for this fourth and final masterclass will be Adam Greenwood, MA, Scholar of the Italian Renaissance and Latin Tutor for The Timothyseus Project. 

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Angel appearing to Zacharias (detail), 1486-90, Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Image: Web Gallery of Art * Didactic format, linguistic requirements, and course fees  The above four Renaissance Latin masterclasses, which are focused on the reading (in the original Latin) and translation (into English) of a selection of four of the finest and most influential authors and Latin texts of the Italian Renaissance, 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 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 masterclasses 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 masterclasses will take place online via Zoom and will each cost £120 per attendee (£100 per attendee for full-time students), plus an administration fee of £20 per person for the academic year 2022-23. For further information on and/or to register for all or any of the above Renaissance Latin masterclasses, please contact Timothy Demetris on this email address (timdemetris@hotmail.com) at the earliest possible opportunity.  * Beginners and Intermediate Latin courses  For those wishing to improve their Latin before undertaking the above Renaissance Latin masterclasses, Timothy Demetris and Adam Greenwood will also be available to teach the following two Latin courses upon request:

• Beginners Latin: Grammar, Texts, and Translation 
• Intermediate Latin: Grammar, Texts, and Translation 

For further information on the above, please contact Timothy Demetris on this email address. * I look forward to seeing some of you online for the above Renaissance Latin masterclasses and to meeting more of you out here in Rome, and across the Italian peninsular, as The Timothyseus Project begins to roar across the seven hills. It feels so good to be here! For further information on all or any of the above and on The Timothyseus Project in general, please contact Timothy Demetris, Founder and Director of The Timothyseus Project, on this email address (timdemetris@hotmail.com). And if you wish to unsubscribe from this emailing list and/or to no longer receive email updates and monthly newsletters from The Timothyseus Project, please send an email to this email address stating your wish to do so. There will be no hard feelings! “Ut aquas bibamus Heliconis dulces. Ut campos perveniamus in Elysios claros.”  Stay strong, y’all. We’re finally here! With very best wishes from Rome, Timothy(seus) Timothy George Demetris, MA Founder and Director, Principal Tutor and Principal Guide The Timothyseus Project. Academic Tuition, Cultural Tours and the Eternal Conversation Website: [Currently undergoing significant restructuring] E-mail: timdemetris@hotmail.com Tel.: (UK) +44 7815 838968 / (Italia) +39 339 8277485