- Contents: These are Lolcat images, with Latin proverbs. There is a link to the Latin Via Proverbs blog with each image.
- Display: There is a random version and a "Lolcat of the Day" version.
- Images: The images are 400 pixels wide or 200 pixels wide.
- Width: You need to allow enough width for the images.
- Widget in action: Random Lolcat: 400 pixels
- Widget in action: Random Lolcat: 200 pixels
- Widget in action: Lolcat of the Day: 400 pixels
- Widget in action: Lolcat of the Day: 200 pixels
- Get the script: Random Lolcat Script
- Get the script: Lolcat of the Day Script
Showing posts with label lang: Latin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lang: Latin. Show all posts
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Latin Lolcats Reference Page
Here is the information you need about the Latin Lolcats widget.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Random Distichs Reference Page
Here is the information you need:
- Contents: This is a randomization of the following distich widgets: Martial, Cato, Rhyming, Rollenhagen, Camerarius, and Owen.
- Display: This widget is random only.
- Images: This widget has no images (although the Camerarius and Owen widgets on which they are based do have emblems).
- Width: There is no special width requirement.
- Widget in action: Random Distich
- Get the script: Random Distichs Script
- More information: You can find more information at the Disticha Latina blog.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Martial Distichs Reference Page
Here is the information you need:
- Contents: This widget contains a selection of the two-line poems by the Roman poet, Martial.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width, although there are hard line breaks at the end of each verse line.
- Widget in action: Martial Distich of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Martial Distich
- Get the script: Martial Distichs Script
- More information: You can get more information in the Martial section of the Disticha Latina blog.
Labels:
content: Poetry,
hodie-text,
lang: Latin,
type: daily,
Widget Directory
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Cato's Distichs Reference Page
Here is the information you need:
- Contents: This widget displays the distichs of Cato, following the edition in Duff's Minor Latin Poets, online at Internet Archive.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width, but there are line breaks in the widget, indicating the two lines of the poem.
- Widget in action: Cato's Distich of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Cato's Distich
- Get the script: Cato's Distichs Script
- More information: See the Cato posts at the Disticha Latina blog.
Labels:
content: Poetry,
hodie-text,
lang: Latin,
type: daily,
Widget Directory
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Rhyming Distichs Reference Page
Here is the information you need:
- Contents: The widget contains 366 rhyming Latin distichs (2-line poems).
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width (it contains three hard-line returns).
- Widget in action: Rhyming Distich of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Rhyming Distich
- Get the script: Rhyming Distich Script
- More information: See the Disticha Latina blog.
Labels:
content: Poetry,
hodie-text,
lang: Latin,
type: daily,
Widget Directory
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Greek Proverb Posters Reference Page
Here is the information you need:
- Contents: This widget contains animated gifs which show a Greek proverb, along with a Latin translation and an English translation.
- Display: The widget is random only.
- Images: The images are animated gifs.
- Width: Allow 400 pixels for the image width.
- Widget in action: Random Greek Proverb Poster
- Get the script: Greek Proverb Posters Script
- More information: Visit the Bestiaria Latina blog for more information.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Mille Fabulae et Una Fables Reference Page
Here is the information you need:
- Contents: The widget contains a Latin fable and illustration for each day of the year, with a link to the blog post at the Mille Fabulae et Una blog.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are two sizes for the images: 200 pixels or 400 pixels
- Width: Make sure you allow enough width for the size of image you have chosen.
- Widget in action: Mille Fabulae et Una Fable of the Day (400)
- Widget in action: Random Mille Fabulae et Una Fable (400)
- Get the script: Mille Fabulae et Una Fable Script (400)
- Widget in action: Mille Fabulae et Una Fable of the Day (200)
- Widget in action: Random Mille Fabulae et Una Fable (200)
- Get the script: Mille Fabulae et Una Fable Script (200)
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Latin Proverbs Reference Page
Here is the information you need:
- Contents: This is a collection of 366 Latin proverbs, linked to a blog with a little essay about each proverb, plus the audio.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width.
- Widget in action: Latin Proverb of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Latin Proverbs
- Get the script: Latin Proverbs Script
- More information: The contents of the script come from my book, Latin Via Proverbs: 4000 Proverbs for Students of Latin, which is available from Lulu.com.
Roman Calendar Reference Page
Here is the information you need about the Roman calendar widget:
And here is Janus, the god of "January," shown here in one of the Alciato emblems:
- Widget Contents: The days of the Roman calendar written out in full words, with an indication of the major festivals as well.
- Widget in action: Roman Calendar Widget
- Get the script: Roman Calendar Script
And here is Janus, the god of "January," shown here in one of the Alciato emblems:
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Publilius Syrus Reference Page
Here is the information you need:
- Contents: The widget contains one of the proverbs of Publilius Syrus for each day of the year.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width.
- Widget in action: Publilius Syrus Proverb of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Publilius Syrus Proverbs
- Get the script: Publilius Syrus Script
- More information: You can find out more about Publilius Syrus at Wikipedia, and there is a convenient edition of his maxims at the Bibliotheca Augustana, and also at Kocher's SENTENÇAS website, where you can find English, French and Portuguese translations.
Two-Word Proverbs Reference Page
Here is the information you need:
- Contents: This is a collection of 366 Latin proverbs, each of which has two words - or fewer!
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width.
- Widget in action: Two-Word Proverb of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Two-Word Proverbs
- Get the script: Two-Word Proverbs Script
Three-Word Mottoes (No Verbs) Reference Page
Here is the information you need:
- Contents: This is a collection of 366 Latin mottoes, each just three words in length - with no verbs!
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width.
- Widget in action: 3-Word Motto (No Verb) of the Day
- Widget in action: Random 3-Word Mottoes (No Verbs)
- Get the script: 3-Word Mottoes (No Verbs) Script
Two-Word Mottoes Reference Page
Here is the information you need:
- Contents: This is a collection of 366 Latin mottoes, each just one or two words in length.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width.
- Widget in action: Two-Word Motto of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Two-Word Mottoes
- Get the script: Two-Word Mottoes Script
Proper Name Proverbs Reference Page
Here is the information you need about the Proper Names Proverb widget.
- Contents: This is a collection of 366 Latin proverbs from Erasmus' Adagia, each of which features a a proper name of some kind - a person, a place, a god, etc.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width.
- Widget in action: Proper Name Proverb of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Proper Name Proverbs
- Get the script: Proper Name Proverbs Script
Greek Proverbs Reference Page
Here is the information you need about the Greek Proverbs widget.
- Contents: This is a collection of 366 Greek Proverbs as recorded by Apostolius, along with a Latin translation for each one.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width.
- Widget in action: Greek Proverb of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Greek Proverbs
- Get the script: Greek Proverbs Script
- More information: You can see the complete Centuria of Apostolius at Bibliotheca Augustana; the Latin translations are available online as well, accompanied by a transliterated version of the Centuria (a project someone put online back in 2000, when getting Greek to display in web browsers was tremendously difficult).
Three-Word Mottoes Reference Page
Here is the information you need about the Three-Word Mottoes widget.
- Contents: This is a collection of 366 Latin mottoes, each just three words in length!
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width.
- Widget in action: Three-Word Motto of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Three-Word Mottoes
- Get the script: Three-Word Mottoes Script
Three-Word Proverbs Reference Page
Here is the information you need about the Three-Word Latin Proverbs widget.
- Contents: This is a collection of 366 Latin proverbs, each of which has three words, including a verb.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width.
- Widget in action: Three-Word Proverb of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Three-Word Proverbs
- Get the script: Three-Word Proverbs Script
Elizabethan Proverbs Reference Page
Here is the information you need about the Elizabethan Proverbs Widget.
- Contents: The widget contains 366 Latin proverbs, with commentary by two Elizabethan scholars, Richard Taverner and John Conybeare.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width.
- Widget in action: Elizabethan Proverb of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Elizabethan Proverb
- Get the script: Elizabethan Proverb Script
- More information: You can read The Letters and Exercises of the Elizabethan Schoolmaster John Conybeare at GoogleBooks, but Taverner's Prouerbes or Adagies Gathered out of the Chiliades of Erasmus was not available online the last time I checked.
Rollenhagen-Wither Reference Page
Here is the information you need about the Rollenhagen-Wither Emblem Widget.
- Contents: Each item contains the emblem with a Latin distich by Rollenhagen and English verse by Wither.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: The images are 400 pixels in width.
- Width: Make sure you allow at least 400 pixels.
- Widget in action: Rollenhagen Emblem of the Day
- Widget in action: Random Rollenhagen Emblem
- Get the script: Rollenhagen-Wither Script
- More information: See the Disticha Latina blog for more information.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
3-Word No-Verb Proverbs Reference Page
Here is the information you need about the 3-Word No-Verb Proverbs widget.
- Contents: Each day contains a Latin proverb, three words in length, without a verb, accompanied by an English translation.
- Display: The widget can be date-based OR random.
- Images: There are no images for this widget.
- Width: You can have the widget at any width.
- Widget in action: 3-Word No-Verb Proverb of the Day
- Widget in action: Random 3-Word No-Verb Proverb
- Get the script: 3-Word No-Verb Proverbs Script
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