Re: Seeking info on Old Spanish

In a message dated 11/27/01 2:03:27 AM, yitzchaq@MAIL.RU writes:

>Re: Karapcik, Mike on Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:01 AM
>
>>         I am looking for information on old Spanish (1600's and 1700's),
>> preferably guides to pronunciation, basic grammar, and vocabulary. (A
>primer
>> on old Spanish.)
>
>You're not the only one. I have an idea of a conlang project, but I need
>info on the history of Spanish, esp. on Reconquista time, for it too. I
>think smth may be found in libraries {here in ex-USSR we're old-fashioned,
>and still using libraries :-) }, but if smb knows where it can be found
>in
>the Net, that would be great!
>
>>I have to admit I find the lack of information surprising. I have a
>> book on Gothic and another on Anglo-Saxon. My Amazon wish list has books
>on
>> old French, old English, old Irish, and old Prussian [yes, I add anything
>> interesting to it]. I've seen similar books for other European languages,
>> but nothing old Spanish?!? Was Spanish invented in the last century or
>> something
>
>I think all of us who want to make naturalistic projects (as para-history)
>need infos on Old Langs BADLY!
Indeed. I wanted one of my languages to borrow heavily from Scythian... HAHA
that never happened :-)
And ... shalom uvarukh haba to the list by the way :-)

>-- Yitzik
>
Josh Roth
http://members.aol.com/fuscian/eloshtan.html

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