The etymologies of Isidore of Seville

The etymologies of Isidore of Seville / [translated by] Stephen A. Barney [and others] ; with the collaboration of Muriel Hall.

The book provide the first complete English translation, together with introduction and notes, of the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, the main encyclopedic resource in the Middle Ages. This highly-readable translation of the text is essential reading for the medievalist, linguist or student of th...

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Main Author: Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636
Other Authors: Barney, Stephen A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Latin
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Encyclopedias and dictionaries > Early works to 1600.
Latin language > Etymology > Early works to 1800.
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Translations into English.
REFERENCE.
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Latin language > Etymology
Early works
Translations
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Etymologiae.
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE TO THE READER; INTRODUCTION; Introduction; Bibliography; THE ETYMOLOGIES; Analytical table of contents; Book I Grammar (De grammatica); Book II Rhetoric and dialectic (De rhetorica et dialectica); Book III Mathematics (De mathematica); Book IV Medicine (De medicina); Book V Laws and times (De legibus et temporibus); Book VI Books and ecclesiastical offices (De libris et officiis ecclesiasticis); Book VII God, angels, and saints (De deo, angelis et sanctis); Book VIII The Church and sects (De ecclesia et sectis).

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