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	The Lyceum
		Commonplacing is the act of selecting important phrases, lines, and/or passages from texts and writing them down; the commonplace book is the notebook in which a reader has collected quotations from works s/he has read.
		Commonplace books can also include comments and notes from the reader; they are frequently indexed so that the reader can classify important themes and locate quotations related to particular topics or authors.
		"Commonplacing is the practice of entering literary excerpts and personal comments into a private journal, that is, into a commonplace book or, to use a 17th century synonym, a silva rerum ("a forest of things").
	www.assumption.edu /users/lknoles/commonplacebook.html (937 words)

	Commonplace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Commonplace books (or commonplaces) emerged in the 15th century with the availability of cheap paper for writing, mainly in England.
		Commonplaces were used by readers, writers, students, and humanists as an aid for remembering useful concepts or facts they had learned.
		"Commonplace" is a translation of the Latin term locus communis which means "a theme or argument of general application", such as a statement of proverbial wisdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commonplace (358 words)

	The Commonplace Book
		A commonplace was a common sort of document compiled by folk of literary inclination in the 19th century, but the practice seems now to have gone out of style.
		A commonplace book is similar to a journal in that entries are not necessarily regular or periodic, but it is more focused than a journal in that it is self-consciously literary.
		The compiler of a commonplace writes down what he or she is reading; copies down particular passages worth remembering and quoting; jots down striking ideas or insights; and reacts to the works read.
	www.plainsfolk.com /seminar/common2006.htm (248 words)

	The Lyceum: How to Construct a Commonplace Book
		Commonplace books have always been used as places where readers can explore new ideas and test old ways of thinking rather than simply as places to vent opinions.
		The ultimate way of assessing the commonplace book will be to consider the degree to which it reflected close reading, deep thinking, and intellectual growth AND the degree to which it contributed to the ongoing conversation of the course.
		Choice of Quotations--A really good commonplace book allows us to benefits from the observations of a really attentive l reader who notices when there is something puzzling, or when there is a pattern, or when there is a moment of real power in a text.
	www.assumption.edu /users/lknoles/commonplaceassign.html (2356 words)

	Chopin's Commonplace Book
		Kate's Commonplace Book began as an assigned idea from one of the nuns who Kate was taught by.
		The nun assigned her to write a Commonplace Book, which is the first document of Kate's writings.
		The last writings in her Commonplace Book are the diary of her 3-month European honeymoon.
	www.angelfire.com /nv/English243/Commonplace.html (326 words)

	The Commonplace Book of William Byrd II of Westover, edited by Kevin Berland, Jan Kirsten Gilliam, and Kenneth A. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		However, we are convinced that this manuscript does indeed contain material that contributes significantly to a deeper understanding of Byrd's public and private life, and therefore we have transcribed it and furnished both annotation (identifying and discussing topics and sources) and interpretation (linking ideas found in the manuscript to what is already known about Byrd).
		In effect, this commonplace book appears to be a collection of moral wit and wisdom, ancient and modern, transcribed and rephrased by its owner, together with a miscellaneous jumble of anecdotes, jokes, and recipes.
		The commonplace book itself provides no sources for its entries, and, while his diaries frequently mention reading, they say little about exactly what he was reading, with a few exceptions.
	uncpress.unc.edu /chapters/berland_commonplace.html (976 words)

	Commonplace
		The commonplace book is a way of memorializing those striking passages so that one can return to them for renewed inspiration.
		I collect Victorian commonplace books, which I suppose were the forerunners of books like Notes and Queries here or the Straight Dope series in the States.
		A book in which `commonplaces' or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement.
	oook.info /technol/commonplace.html (721 words)

	Commonplace Ballet
		Always seeking to express on stage the strength of her feelings, Commonplace is a very heartfelt dance for Susan Hadley.
		Susan says that the concept of the gulf that lay between the different dance disciplines in the past really is out of date these days as today’s dancers are expected to dance a much wider range of styles.
		Commonplace has another level of demands as well, those of the spirit.
	www.balletmet.org /Notes/COMMON.html (2239 words)

	Yale Bulletin and Calendar
		The first part of the exhibit surveys the origins of the tradition of "commonplaces" in the Classical era and traces its history in the medieval period, when such compilations of knowledge were mainly theological, philosophical or rhetorical in nature, and in the Renaissance, when the commonplace book as a formal genre originated, according to Havens.
		Among the authors and compilers of commonplace books represented in the exhibition are ancient Roman polymath Seneca the Younger, Protestant Reformer and humanist Philip Melanchthon, philosopher John Locke, 18th-century historian Edward Gibbon and modern poet W.H. Auden.
		A commonplace book of John W. Sterling, Class of 1864, is arranged more like a diary and includes a list in which he names some of his teachers for the Roman gods they most resemble.
	www.yale.edu /opa/v29.n34/story3.html (809 words)

	Commonplace Book
		During the Renaissance (especially in England), commonplaces (or commonplace books) were for some people a popular way to compile knowledge, usually done by writing information into books.
		During the height of their prolificacy, commonplaces were used by readers, writers, students, and humanists as an aid for remembering useful concepts or facts they had learned.
		Producing a commonplace is frequently known as commonplacing.
	commonplacebook.sbpoet.net (183 words)

	Commonplace books \| MetaFilter
		An English commonplace dating to the 15th century, the Book of Brome, contains poems, notations on memorial law, lists of expenses, and diary entries.
		Thomas Jefferson kept both legal and literary commonplaces, and owned a copy of Sir John Randolph's legal commonplace, published in 1680.
		Commonplace books are a place we find women's writing in an era where there's less than we might like.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/46800 (926 words)

	Technology Review: From the Editor: Commonplace Thoughts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Long swaths of his texts purport to be selections from the unpublished diaries of family and friends or are presented as recorded speech.
		The first commonplace books appeared during the Renaissance and contained hand-copied excerpts from manuscripts -- and, eventually, from printed books -- along with personal annotations.
		Although Chris Anderson, Wired's editor in chief, wrote on his blog the Long Tail (http://www.thelongtail.com/) that "the first rule of the blogosphere is not to generalize about the blogosphere," the medium's technological properties -- pasting, linking, tagging, and so on -- have very quickly encouraged a common style of publishing that very few bloggers resist.
	www.technologyreview.com /articles/05/07/issue/editor.asp (698 words)

	CommonPlace - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Although internet usage is increasing all the time, and accessibility is improving for most sections of society through new technology, there is a large portion of the population who are unlikely ever to use a computer.
		CommonPlace is Plexus Media's new local information delivery system which enables you to reach these people.
		Our CommonPlace electronic notice board is comprised of a large format screen which displays ever-changing content drawn from various internet sources.
	www.commonplace.biz (155 words)

	patrickrhone.com: Commonplace
		Commonplace books were very popular among artists, writers, scholars, inventors and...
		Commonplace books were very popular among artists, writers, scholars, inventors and other creative types for centuries as a way of capturing snippets of important information, images, ideas and other stuff that one wanted to be able to permanently reference.
		I think about all of the little snippets that I have previously been at a loss on how or where to file and this would be a perfect solution.
	patrickrhone.com /journal/archives/2005/10/118.html (286 words)

	Lance's mirror site
		Commonplace books arose in the renaissance as a means for learned men to record quotations or observations that seemed important to them.
		Writers like Wallace Stevens, WH Auden and EM Forster in the last century kept commonplace books, which have been published for the insight they give to a writer's mind.
		I'm in the middle of Forster's commonplace book, and it's a wonderful lagniappe of quotes from whatever he's reading, together with his own observations, and oddities culled from his daily life.
	radio.weblogs.com /0001257/2002/01/10.html (122 words)

	Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Exhibitions
		Authors and commonplace book compilers represented in the exhibition range from the ancient Roman polymath Seneca the Younger to Saint Bernard de Clairvaux, from the Protestant Reformer and humanist Philip Melanchthon to John Locke, from the 18th-century historian Edward Gibbon to W.H. Auden.
		These manuscripts illustrate the variety of material that has filled personal commonplace books and demonstrate the enthusiasm and delight that have motivated their compilers throughout the centuries.
		Also included is the commonplace book of Manasseh Cutler (Class of 1765), American revolutionary, minister, botanist, Western expansionist, jurist, and representative to the seventh and eighth United States Congresses (1801-05).
	www.library.yale.edu /beinecke/compb.htm (716 words)

	progymnasmata: commonplace
		Commonplace is "a composition which amplifies inherent evils" (originally described as an amplification of either a virtue or vice, but in practice more the latter).
		A preparation for the following two exercises, encomium and vituperation, the commonplace differed from these by taking up a general virtue or vice, rather than the specific qualities of a single person.
		See also topics of invention (sometimes named the "commonplaces" and proverbs, maxims, and sententia (all of which are sometimes referred to as "commonplaces")
	humanities.byu.edu /rhetoric/Pedagogy/Progymnasmata/Commonplace.htm (187 words)

	Item 3, a commonplace book
		Just about any manuscript collection of notes and quotations are now referred to as 'commonplace' books by modern scholars, whether or not the entries are gathered by topic.
		Lady Margaret Hoby refers in her diary (1599-1605) to writing in her commonplace book, and it is likely that further such references will be found by reading period letters.
		In his preface Foxe provides a rationale to guide purchasers in compiling their own commonplace book, using the largely blank pages that make up the bulk of the 1208 page volume.
	sca.livingpast.com /item3.html (2053 words)

	Amazon.com: Commonplace: Books: Christine Welch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Commonplace, a powerful new work of photography, provokes greater appreciation for these common spaces of everyday American life, as it captures their quiet power and subtle beauty in evocative images.
		Whether she photographs the food-stained living room of a fraternity house, the dimly lit booth in a local café, or the cool sleekness of a corporate boardroom, Welch captures the poignancy of common spaces and the meaning they hold in our contemporary society.
		Commonplace helps us redefine and rediscover those spaces too common for preservationists to save, yet too vital to the emotional fabric of American life to pass over.
	www.amazon.com /Commonplace-Christine-Welch/dp/193006621X (689 words)

	French Commonplace book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The practice of extracting pithy sayings, words to the wise, and inspirational poetry into a personal anthology was as common among the educated elite in 18th century France as it was in America.
		Such commonplace books provide evidence, if nothing else, of the range of authors and the types of literature enjoyed by members of the elite, but in what they include -- and exclude -- these books may also be very revealing of the personal beliefs and moral principles of the individual compiler.
		While there is no indication of when the book was assembled, the handwriting appears consistent with a late 18th century origin, though the inclusion of a work by Béranger (1780-1857) and a work by Chemin-Dupontès published in 1798 suggests that it must have been at the very end of the period.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/M/Morale.html (364 words)

	The Commonplace Book: Part I \| DIY Planner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Enter the "commonplace book" system (a literal translation of the locus communis, referring to a theme or argument of common application) that started around the fifth century BCE, became very popular during the Renaissance, and continued through to the early part of the 20th century.
		A commonplace book, on the other hand, is for keeping small but valuable snippets of information: phrases, sentences, paragraphs, small articles cut from the newspaper, sketches of locations, references to recommended books, meaningful chunks of statistics, inspirational quotes, handy measurements, geneological diagrams, biographical notes, and so forth.
		Contrary to what one keeps in a filing system, the commonplace book is an important source of finely-tuned information to help digest subjects, expand one's mind, and turn to for help on a particular topic.
	www.diyplanner.com /node/324 (2770 words)

	University of Delaware: COMMONPLACE BOOKS
		The role of the commonplace book's creator offers opportunities to consider the context of that individual in his or her time -- what he or she was reading, what was selected, how the passages were classified and organized.
		As such individualistic creations, commonplace books can be studied as another form of life writing, or "self works." Receipt books with recipes and remedies from the domestic sphere, and medicinal formulae collected by physicians or pharmacists carry on the commonplace tradition of collecting, copying, and classifying useful information.
		A commonplace book of cookery : a collection of proverbs, anecdotes, opinions and obscure facts on food, drink, cooks, cooking, dining, diners & dieters, dating from ancient times to the present / compiled by Robert Grabhorn ; and with a preface by M. Fisher.
	www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/guides/common2.htm (1112 words)

	UPNE - Commonplace Books: Earle Havens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		They and the theories informing their compilation were the progenitors of reference works that are now taken quite for granted: encyclopedias, concordances, and books of quotations.
		Commonplace Books is a stand-alone historical survey of manuscript and printed books relating to the complex and extremely influential genre of the commonplace book from classical antiquity to the present day.
		Comprised of a series of long historical essays followed by short hand-lists of exhibited items, this volume is the first comprehensive, introductory survey to cover the entire commonplace book tradition, from its origin in ancient Greek and Roman rhetorical theory and philosphy, to the end of the twentieth century.
	www.upne.com /0-8457-3137-8.html (193 words)

	Commonplace (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The correct title of this article is commonplace.
		The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
		commonplace is the sixth album of the Japanese band Every Little Thing, released on March 10, 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commonplace_(album) (193 words)

	Commonplace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Commonplace is © 2006 to Eiji Miyake (Arreku).
		Welcome to Commonplace, a site that is the exact opposite of its name.
		Commonplace is part of the Solar Paradise Network
	log.hisakata.org (1081 words)

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