A couple of days ago I mentioned that Google Translate was doing an unusually good job on the Latin of the Life of St Piran (BHL 4659). I’m afraid that I am easily distracted. I had not planned to do so, but I seem to have produced a translation of the whole text. So here it is:
- St Piran-Vita-2022-v1 (PDF)
- St Piran-Vita-2022-v1 (Word .docx)
The files can also be found on Archive.org here. I’ve included the Latin text as well, and a brief introduction. Unfortunately the work tells us nothing about St Piran, nor even what tales were circulating about him. It’s a copy of the Life of St Ciaran of Saighir with the names changed (!) Oh well. It’s here, anyway.
As ever, this material is placed in the public domain. Do whatever you like with it, personal, educational or commercial. Have fun!
Roger…You do wonderful work, I love it! Wish I had more time to devote to reading your posts, etc. But keep them coming. I’m still struggling with Greek. Latin…I think I flunked it in the 9th grade, but took it up a few years ago. All Wonderful! Too much to learn from the ancients…
Keep at it! Find things in Latin that you want to read, then find a way to puzzle it out. It’s the only way!
Thanks for the encouragement! I’m trying to find a company that will publish a “print-on-demand” book of Xylander’s translation of Aurelius’ Meditations. And I finally got a very nice “print-on-demand” copy of Long’s 2nd Edition of his translation, the one with the “famous” Note about Gen. Lee, etc. The company in India did a wonderful job on the faux leather cover.
The fruits of distraction! Thank you for another translation!
Glad to help! It just seemed a pity not to. I need to get back to the councils of Hippo and Carthage….
A transcription of the text of Kalendre of Newe Legende of England, 1516
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=eebo;idno=A17943.0001.001
If you have some spare change:
https://www.amazon.com/Kalendre-Newe-Legende-Englande-Pynsons/dp/3825302172
or
https://www.abebooks.com/9783825302177/Kalendre-Newe-Legende-Englande-Edited-3825302172/plp
and this might or might not be interesting:
https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15481.html
Thank you so much! I had not seen the transcription. That’s invaluable!