IacobusAmor
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== Likely overlap? ==
It seems to me there's a large potential overlap between existing categories on the pattern [[:Categoria:Aegypti scripta]] and the ones you are now creating on the pattern [[:Categoria:Litterae Aegypti]]. What's your view on this? So as not to confuse others we should be clear about the difference, I think. [[Usor:Andrew Dalby|Andrew Dalby]] ([[Disputatio Usoris:Andrew Dalby|disputatio]]) 12:42, 12 Augusti 2019 (UTC)
:Yes, these will have to be sorted out someday. For 'literature', both Cassell's and Traupman give ''litterae,'' and Cassell's adds ''litterarum monumenta'' (pl.). I think of ''scripta'' (rightly or wrongly!) as being 'writings', written objects, and so that term would be fine under which to collect books, librettos, newspapers, poems, and so forth, whereas literature, as a metaphor (with a meaning that goes well beyond the mere letters of the alphabet), seems larger, including nontangible things, like concepts & techniques & prizes. (So ''scripta'' would be a subcategory of ''litterae.'') Also, we have the example of ''Litterarum humanarum doctor'' (L.H.D., Doctor of Humane Letters), where ''litterae humanae,'' the humane letters, are the humanities in general. [[Usor:IacobusAmor|IacobusAmor]] ([[Disputatio Usoris:IacobusAmor|disputatio]]) 12:07, 13 Augusti 2019 (UTC)
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