Thomas Hendrickson
@thomashendrickson.bsky.social
Latin philology. Latin teaching/learning. Book history. Latin in the early modern era (and other eras).
Latin terms that should be used more often: "nudius tertius"
January 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Latin terms that should be used more often: "nudius tertius"
Mulling cover images for the next volume in our series of student editions of Latin texts written by women:
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Mulling cover images for the next volume in our series of student editions of Latin texts written by women:
Not quite within her lifetime, but here is Isotta Nogarola (d. 1466) among the women depicted in Foresti's 1497 De plurimis claris selectisque mulieribus.
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Not quite within her lifetime, but here is Isotta Nogarola (d. 1466) among the women depicted in Foresti's 1497 De plurimis claris selectisque mulieribus.
That's an intense cover!
January 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
That's an intense cover!
A curiosity: a 1908 critical edition of Egeria that has an introduction written...in a vernacular?
January 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
A curiosity: a 1908 critical edition of Egeria that has an introduction written...in a vernacular?
Maybe this is earlier than you have in mind, but Fronto borrows a copy of Ennius's "Sota" from Marcus Aurelius, and then sends him back a copy in "littera festiviore" (ad M. Caes. 4.2.6)
January 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Maybe this is earlier than you have in mind, but Fronto borrows a copy of Ennius's "Sota" from Marcus Aurelius, and then sends him back a copy in "littera festiviore" (ad M. Caes. 4.2.6)
Came across "per valle ipsa media" in Egeria, so I've been looking for examples of "per + abl." No luck in Pinkster's Latin Syntax or Adams' Social Variation.
But thanks be to the gods of philology (that is to say, to the lexicographers), the TLL has finished P.
But thanks be to the gods of philology (that is to say, to the lexicographers), the TLL has finished P.
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Came across "per valle ipsa media" in Egeria, so I've been looking for examples of "per + abl." No luck in Pinkster's Latin Syntax or Adams' Social Variation.
But thanks be to the gods of philology (that is to say, to the lexicographers), the TLL has finished P.
But thanks be to the gods of philology (that is to say, to the lexicographers), the TLL has finished P.
And here's the link:
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January 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
And here's the link:
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ianls.com/wp-content/u...
Trying to order a book from an Italian publisher. They say, "Fine, but we're not shipping it until after Epiphany."
I truly love Italy.
I truly love Italy.
December 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trying to order a book from an Italian publisher. They say, "Fine, but we're not shipping it until after Epiphany."
I truly love Italy.
I truly love Italy.
New acquisition.
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
New acquisition.
Another lost work I long for: a copy of Seneca's Apocolocyntosis written in Claudian letters.
Come on, you know there had to be one.
Come on, you know there had to be one.
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Another lost work I long for: a copy of Seneca's Apocolocyntosis written in Claudian letters.
Come on, you know there had to be one.
Come on, you know there had to be one.
More on the lost works I wish had survived: the plays in (presumably?) Oscan performed in Rome during the time of Augustus (Suet. Div. Aug. 43):
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
More on the lost works I wish had survived: the plays in (presumably?) Oscan performed in Rome during the time of Augustus (Suet. Div. Aug. 43):
Spring '26 syllabus coming after me:
December 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Spring '26 syllabus coming after me:
Guatemala? Seriously??
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Guatemala? Seriously??
Although he was apparently a bummer in the classroom. I found this account:
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Although he was apparently a bummer in the classroom. I found this account:
My end of semester energy:
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My end of semester energy:
MLA prize for scholarly edition goes to: a book collaboratively edited by a high school teacher and a class of 16 students. (Let that sink in for a moment.)
1/3
1/3
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
MLA prize for scholarly edition goes to: a book collaboratively edited by a high school teacher and a class of 16 students. (Let that sink in for a moment.)
1/3
1/3
"And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath."
That's right, like a Christmas wreath but it's smoke, because Santa's got a long night, and sometimes he'll just have a smoke break. In your living room.
That's right, like a Christmas wreath but it's smoke, because Santa's got a long night, and sometimes he'll just have a smoke break. In your living room.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath."
That's right, like a Christmas wreath but it's smoke, because Santa's got a long night, and sometimes he'll just have a smoke break. In your living room.
That's right, like a Christmas wreath but it's smoke, because Santa's got a long night, and sometimes he'll just have a smoke break. In your living room.
New Acquisition!
This one is particularly special because the author is an old friend-- I remember reading Thucydides with her on frozen Minnesota mornings when we were undergrads together.
This one is particularly special because the author is an old friend-- I remember reading Thucydides with her on frozen Minnesota mornings when we were undergrads together.
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
New Acquisition!
This one is particularly special because the author is an old friend-- I remember reading Thucydides with her on frozen Minnesota mornings when we were undergrads together.
This one is particularly special because the author is an old friend-- I remember reading Thucydides with her on frozen Minnesota mornings when we were undergrads together.
Writing books.
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Writing books.
Does anyone know: where do you go to complain about AI intrusions into Word?
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Does anyone know: where do you go to complain about AI intrusions into Word?
Every time I hear someone say a given "crisis" is really an "opportunity," I think of Littlefinger saying "Chaos is a ladder!"
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Every time I hear someone say a given "crisis" is really an "opportunity," I think of Littlefinger saying "Chaos is a ladder!"
Johannes Kepler (1608) describing what he thinks it would feel like to be launched into space. The Somnium should totally be taught in Latin classes.
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Johannes Kepler (1608) describing what he thinks it would feel like to be launched into space. The Somnium should totally be taught in Latin classes.
Do YOU have any Neo-Latin teaching materials?
Seriously, do you?
Seriously, do you?
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Do YOU have any Neo-Latin teaching materials?
Seriously, do you?
Seriously, do you?
Favorite library: Bibliotheca Incognita
October 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Favorite library: Bibliotheca Incognita