Translation?

Maurice A. O'Sullivan mauros at iol.ie
Tue Sep 14 14:15:17 EDT 1999


At 06:51 13/09/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Thanks to Maurice for his reference to the Biblica articles. On those
>pages, there are two words as part of the contents/headings that I do not
>understand (though the rough sense is obvious; they're probably in the
>print edition also, but I've managed to ignore them there!):
>"Animadversiones" and "Commentationes." Would someone enlighten me?

Jim:
Just using the term "ecclesiastical Latin " I know is going to get me into 
trouble.

Sidwell [ Sidwell, Keith.  Reading Medieval Latin.  Cambridge: C.U.P, 
1995.)] in his introduction cites Traube's remark that "there is no such 
thing as medieval Latin," and goes on to answer this point well. in his 
preface.

So I will boldly quote from:
Stelten, Leo F. Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin. Peabody, Mass: 
Hendrickson, 1995.
and show that even within this category there is an even more specialised 
ecclesiastical Latin, that used by canon lawyers.

In the body of this dictionary, animadversiones is defined as:
 >> animadversio -onis: f.; perception, observation; reproach, censure, 
critical remark; punishment; see Appendix<<

The  intro to the Appendix states:

 >>The following terms and their translations and or definitions have been 
gathered from a variety of sources. Most of them came from chancery offices 
throughout the country in answer to a request for words and phrases that 
people thought ought to be included in a handy reference book. Their use 
should be to guide the user toward a general understanding; further 
investigation and research may be necessary In many instances. A list of 
helpful books follows this Appendix. Although most entries have a 
connection with Canon Law, with either the Code of 1918 or that of 1983, 
many do not.<<

And here we find a more specialized definiton:

 >>animadversiones: remarks, observations; the comments of the defender of 
the bond upholding the validity of a particular marriage under 
investigation by a Church court.<<

Bearing in mind that the Pontifical Biblical Institute publishes "Biblica", 
I think the
"defender" element is more to the fore than the colloquial sense in which 
we use "animadversions against ...... "

Hope this helps.








Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie





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