Confessions

In my Music 201 class we talked about St. Augustine and Confessions (and City of God, for that matter). And the little bits we read in class got me really, really excited to read the rest of it. I rather want to read it in Latin (there’s a free version available from the Stoa Consortium), and it would certainly be a good way to brush up. I’ve often wondered if I should focus primarily on classical Latin first and then once I’ve mastered it move on to medieval Latin. Oh well — we’ll just forget that idea, because I want to read Augustine now, not five years from now. :)

The nice thing about Augustine is that he’s early enough that his Latin is essentially classical, as opposed to, say Geoffrey of Monmouth. Or Abelard and Heloise.