Ooh, this is surprisingly like and unlike the story of Fritz and Catt not being able to think of the name of an opera and going crazy over it.
The part I left out here: on this occasion, he'd actually called Dantal early in the morning to collect some books for him (not sure if nobody but his reader was allowed in the library or why, Dantal doesn't say), so when Dantal came back from his walk into town, Fritz was supposed to be in a meeting with someone else, but called Dantal in first to tell him the right name and get the book in question. So, you know, priorities, even if it isn't quite keeping someone up at night.
Oooh, so I new they had the letters on the covers, and I knew that he often referred to what we think of as Sanssouci as his "vineyard", but I didn't realize that extended as far as thinking of it as V and the New Palace as S! Huh.
It did indeed. I'd encountered this before and made a note of it to remind myself, particularly because it could lead to confusion re: New Palais vs. Sanssouci when he refers to the "palais de Sanssouci" for example. (Had to think of it again during the recent discussion of his will, because the Vignes designation is yet another garden/nature-related preference.) Speaking of his libraries, though - not sure if you are aware that they have their own searchable catalogue? So if you want to check if Fritz owned a copy of a certain book, and where he kept it, you can find out.
(Was 4th century Athenian oratory what I was in the middle of studying in 2019 when I got sucked into full-time Fritz? You bet it was! :'D)
Ahaha, I knew you'd have something to say about the classics reading and that I might be on thin ice translating what Dantal says about it because I lack context. Did not expect your knowledge to be quite this on point, though. ;) Lovely to get more context, also regarding the Greek pronunciation.
And I see you already read my comment on the German vs. French version of the book, so. :)
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Re: Dantal: Dog Name, Reading, and other Details (1784-86)
Date: 2021-03-06 08:36 pm (UTC)The part I left out here: on this occasion, he'd actually called Dantal early in the morning to collect some books for him (not sure if nobody but his reader was allowed in the library or why, Dantal doesn't say), so when Dantal came back from his walk into town, Fritz was supposed to be in a meeting with someone else, but called Dantal in first to tell him the right name and get the book in question. So, you know, priorities, even if it isn't quite keeping someone up at night.
Oooh, so I new they had the letters on the covers, and I knew that he often referred to what we think of as Sanssouci as his "vineyard", but I didn't realize that extended as far as thinking of it as V and the New Palace as S! Huh.
It did indeed. I'd encountered this before and made a note of it to remind myself, particularly because it could lead to confusion re: New Palais vs. Sanssouci when he refers to the "palais de Sanssouci" for example. (Had to think of it again during the recent discussion of his will, because the Vignes designation is yet another garden/nature-related preference.)
Speaking of his libraries, though - not sure if you are aware that they have their own searchable catalogue? So if you want to check if Fritz owned a copy of a certain book, and where he kept it, you can find out.
(Was 4th century Athenian oratory what I was in the middle of studying in 2019 when I got sucked into full-time Fritz? You bet it was! :'D)
Ahaha, I knew you'd have something to say about the classics reading and that I might be on thin ice translating what Dantal says about it because I lack context. Did not expect your knowledge to be quite this on point, though. ;) Lovely to get more context, also regarding the Greek pronunciation.
And I see you already read my comment on the German vs. French version of the book, so. :)