Sky & Telescope To Be Published In Latin

Following on the success of the German edition of Sky and Telescope, which has reached a wide European audience in recent years, scholars at the University of Bürgerweldt suggested that an old European University tradition should be revived and undertook to produce a Latin edition.

In medieval Europe, Latin was the lingua franca, spoken by educated men and widely utilised for the publication of books and papers so that they could be read by the University educated in all countries.

They pointed to the warm reception given in recent years to the publication of the classic children’s book, Whinnie The Pooh in Latin, and said that the monthly task would make a suitable and rewarding exercise for the University Latin department.

The professor of Latin Dr Cavé Canem said that he would have to develop many phrases and words to cover things and concepts unknown to the ancient Romans but which were the regular terminology of modern astronomy.