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Alma mater (Latin: alma mater; pl.: almae matres) is an allegorical Latin phrase meaning 'nourishing mother'. It personifies a school that a person has attended or graduated from. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The term is related to alumnus , literally meaning 'nursling', which describes a school graduate.
Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's L'art pour l'art. Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While symmetrical for the logo of MGM, the better word order in Latin is "Ars artis gratia". ars longa, vita brevis: art is long, life is short: Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art ...
Barbara Newman's publications on Northwestern Scholars; Barbara Newman's Academia.edu page; Barbara Newman's CV "Medieval Romance and the Pagan Imaginary", Berfrois "Astonishing Heloise", a review of The Letter Collection of Peter Abelard and Heloise, ed. David Luscombe, in the London Review of Books
Kieckhefer has written on sainthood, medieval ritual magic, [4] witchcraft, medieval and contemporary church architecture, hoopoes, and mystical literature; [5] he has also edited and translated important texts from medieval Latin. [6] He has taught at Northwestern University since 1975. [7]
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
Latin In the beginning was the Word. (John 1:1) University of Queensland: Scientia ac Labore: Latin Through knowledge and hard work University of Southern Queensland: Per Studia Mens Nova: Latin Through study the mind is made new University of Sydney: Sidere mens eadem mutato: Latin The constellations change, [but] the mind [remains] the same [3]
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The melody of the Alma Mater is based on the Chorale St. Antoni by Franz Josef Haydn (also heard in Johannes Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56B). The text originally was sung entirely in Latin (written by J. Scott Clark), but in 1953 the music was arranged by John Paynter and new English lyrics were written by Thomas Tyra. [4] [5] [6]