Early printed book contains rare evidence of medieval spectacles (2012)
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Re: Early printed book contains rare evidence of medieval spectacles (2012)
#2“During the early period of the production of eyeglasses, they were referred to as vitreos ab oculis ad legendum (eyeglasses for eyes for reading)...”
Guess they wanted to make sure nothing was left to chance.
Re: Early printed book contains rare evidence of medieval spectacles (2012)
#3“During the early period of the production of eyeglasses, they were referred to as vitreos ab oculis ad legendum (eyeglasses for eyes for reading)...” Guess they wanted to make sure nothing was left to chance.
It has been a long time since high school Latin, but a better translation might be "glasses for eyes for reading."
Re: Early printed book contains rare evidence of medieval spectacles (2012)
#4Eyes of glass in twin hoops!
Re: Early printed book contains rare evidence of medieval spectacles (2012)
#5“During the early period of the production of eyeglasses, they were referred to as vitreos ab oculis ad legendum (eyeglasses for eyes for reading)...” Guess they wanted to make sure nothing was left to chance.
It has been a long time since high school Latin, but a better translation might be "glasses for eyes for reading."
Or even "thing made of glass for eyes for reading."
Re: Early printed book contains rare evidence of medieval spectacles (2012)
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#7“During the early period of the production of eyeglasses, they were referred to as vitreos ab oculis ad legendum (eyeglasses for eyes for reading)...” Guess they wanted to make sure nothing was left to chance.
It has been a long time since high school Latin, but a better translation might be "glasses for eyes for reading."
I'd say "glasses for the blind to read"
Re: Early printed book contains rare evidence of medieval spectacles (2012)
#8“During the early period of the production of eyeglasses, they were referred to as vitreos ab oculis ad legendum (eyeglasses for eyes for reading)...” Guess they wanted to make sure nothing was left to chance.
It has been a long time since high school Latin, but a better translation might be "glasses for eyes for reading."
A less wooden English rendition would be "glasses so that eyes can read" or, actually, probably better "glasses so that those without well-working eyes can read".
Re: Early printed book contains rare evidence of medieval spectacles (2012)
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#10“During the early period of the production of eyeglasses, they were referred to as vitreos ab oculis ad legendum (eyeglasses for eyes for reading)...” Guess they wanted to make sure nothing was left to chance.
When you look at the Latin, do you see a repeated word?
We call them "eyeglasses" in English. The Latin word vitreos doesn't have "eye" in it, it's just "glass". It's also the clear stuff in the middle of your eye, but that's a much less common usage than glass.