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One hundred years ago, in 1913 (when Russia celebrates 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty) in England, in the April issue of the newspaper "The Times" in the letters appeared open letter reader, Robert Uaytuella.
He was looking for volunteers to participate in the project "of international importance, which will give a new impetus to education." It was about the Explanatory Dictionary of British Latin early medieval period.
Britain, as you know, was a province of the Roman Empire from 43 to 409 years of our ery.Tri and a half centuries of Roman rule left traces of ubiquitous: it is expensive, architecture, education, engineering and crafts, and most importantly - the language. Britons spoke Latin, which is slightly adapted for themselves.
This was carried out in Latin personal and business correspondence, church service and theology, literature and scientific works. For instance, the work of Isaac Newton's late 17th century are still written in Latin.

One of the first in the native language began to write Geoffrey Chaucer, who is considered the father of English literature, and his numerous followers, especially Shakespeare, literary Latin pushed into the background.

Compilers explanatory dictionary defined the study period between 540 and 1600 years. Faced a colossal work, thank God, the British were not discarded documents do not thrown anything, so the National Archives have accumulated mountains of material, ten times more than in the great British Library. Researchers sometimes had to open the box into which no one looked for centuries.

Among the early volunteers across different people, such as colonel, a member of the First World War, a specialist in the history of the county of Hampshire, or a priest, his life was collecting medieval expression of local farmers.

Were revolutions, wars, empire collapsed, but tedious and invisible work in progress. Today, 100 years later, finally announced the completion of the project. 58,000 articles, 4,000 pages, 17 volumes. Price - 660 pounds, about $ 1,000.

Before us - a collection of not only the missing words, but also non-existent more concepts, such zythum - kind of Egyptian beer, conspicamen - a bunch of 25 cloves of garlic, or position, capturarius - garbage fee for entrance to the Roman bath.

Interestingly, in medieval Latin documents have blotches future of English, who was then a purely conversational, and that among the lower classes, or in remote places, for example huswivo, the equivalent of modern English housewife - housewife.

I myself have not studied Latin, but everything that comes in life, take on board. A couple of days ago there was during the transfer pad in the studio technician lamented, and I told him on the intercom, knowing that he was at university and read the odes of Horace - nil desperandum! (Full quote nil desperandum Teucro duce - «with Teukro headed, no need to despair»)
This "Neil desperandum" I often say to myself in moments of failure or disappointment.
I recommend to you, especially those who are on the Maidan.
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