Cosmas of Prague

thumb| Cosmas of Prague (Czech: Kosmas Pražský; Latin: Cosmas Decanus; c. 1045 – October 21, 1125) was a priest, writer and historian. Quotes Certum est enim, longos esse crines omnibus sed breves sensus mulieribus. They all have long hair, to be sure, but women are short on sense. Chronica Boemorum, bk. 1, ch. 4 (tr. Lisa Wolverton, 2009) Variants: 'set' for 'sed' Nam et escae execrantur quae saepius sumuntur. For foods that are eaten more often are detestable. Chronica Boemorum, bk. 1, ch. 15 (tr. Lisa Wolverton, 2009) See also Duke Krok Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia External links Pavel Jozef Šafárik and František Palacký (eds.) Die Ältesten Denkmäler der Böhmischen Sprache (Prague, 1840), p. 84 Georgius Heinricus Pertz (ed.) Monumenta Germaniae Historica, vol. 9 (Hanover, 1851), p. 34 Jan Bažant, Nina Bažantová and Frances Starn (eds.) The Czech Reader: History, Culture, Politics (Duke UP, 2010), ch. 1, p. 22 Gyula Paczolay (ed.) European Proverbs in 55 Languages, with Equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese (Veszprém, 1997), p. 413 Lisa Wolverton (tr.) The Chronicle of the Czechs (CUA Press, 2009), p. 41 Category:1040s births Category:1120s deaths Category:People from Prague Category:Latin authors Category:Chroniclers Category:Roman Catholic priests