The Société d'Études Latines de Bruxelles was founded on July 11, 1936, by a group of professors and alumni of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. The aim of the association was "to promote the Latin studies in Belgium ... by all means available to the association, and in particular by the publication of books and journals, etc." Accordingly, a quarterly journal appeared in 1937; it contained works related to all parts of the Latinitas: texts, literature, history, institutions, archaeology, epigraphy, palaeography, Latin humanists, etc. In 1939, a Collection of books was added to the Journal. Both were named after one of the most eminent latinists to have been born in our countries: Barthélemy Latomus. Born in Arlon in 1485, dead in Coblenz in 1570, poet of merit and author of many philological works, Latomus was a friend of Erasmus. He lived in Trier, Freiburg-im-Bresgau and Cologne, before being designated as a first owner of a lectorship in Latin eloquence in the College founded by King Francis I of France. Latomus left Paris in 1542, and he devoted the rest of his life to the religious quarels of the time, even becoming a Catholic auditor at the conferences of Ratisbon (1546) and Worms (1557). Under such an illustrious patronage, the Journal and the Collection have gradually developped, thanks to a team of devoted volunteers. Only once were all activities stopped, during World War II, when the directorial committee refused to submit the publications to the authorization of the occupying forces. The publication of the Journal and of the Collection was restarted shortly after the Liberation, and has since continued without interruption. On October 4, 1997, the Société d'Études Latines de Bruxelles celebrated the 60th birthday of its Journal by organizing a study day. On that day, Carl DEROUX made a speech, of which the title alone is a summary of the unchanged aim of the Société: "Latomus: 60 years of service to the Latin studies, to research and to culture, in Belgium and in the world."

The Journal "Latomus", which was founded by Marc-Antoine KUGENER, Léon HERRMANN et Marcel RENARD, is currently published under the direction of Carl DEROUX, with financial support of the Direction générale de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique and of the Fondation Universitaire de Belgique. The journal is published in four fascicles a year, for a total of ca. 1000 pages in each volume. It contains articles, varia and discussions, reading notes, reviews, bibliographical notices, and pedagogical informations, which have a rich, well illustrated, often unpublished documentation. The table of contents of each volume, starting with volume 56, is available online.

Price of subscription for the current year: - in Belgium, 80 Euros (without taxes and shipping charges); - abroad, 97 Euros (without shipping charges).

The four issues of a volume are not sold separately. A 20% discount is available for high school and college teachers, for scholars of the Fonds National Belge de la Recherche Scientifique and similar research-sponsoring organizations, and for students.

For volumes 1 to 21, please send your requests to: Schmidt Periodicals GmbH, Dettendorf, D-83075 Bad Feilnbach 2 (Germany).

Contributors wishing to submit a manuscript for publication in the Journal are invited to observe closely the guidelines presented in volume 50, 1991, p. 953-956. These guidelines are also available online.

Beside the Journal, there is also a Collection "Latomus". The latter, which was founded by Marcel RENARD, is currently published under the direction of Carl DEROUX and Jacqueline DUMORTIER-BIBAUW. The 250th volume of the Collection was published in 1999. See the online Catalogue of publications to check the availability and price of each volume.

A special volume of the Collection, published in 1999 and realized by Alain MARTIN, indexes all the contributions (except the reviews) presented both in the Collection and in the Journal from 1937 to 1996. An online version of these tables is also available.

Contact addresses:

For questions to the editors of the Journal:

Mr. Carl DEROUX, Directeur Général, Rédacteur en chef

B.P. 54

B-1170 Brussels (Belgium)

Fax +32 2 649 95 68 (0900-1800 GMT)

For questions to the editors of the Collection and for administrative purposes (such as subscribing to the Journal or ordering volumes published in the Collection):

Mrs. Jacqueline DUMORTIER-BIBAUW, Directeur administratif

Rue du Palais Saint-Jacques 6

B-7500 Tournai (Belgium)

Fax +32 69 21 47 13 (0900-1800 GMT)

Or, for all questions, send an email to: latomus@belgacom.net