| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 475 pages) |
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data file |
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Encyclopedia |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-31) and indexes. |
| 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). |
| Summary |
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 the history of Western thought. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the Latin. |
| Subject |
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Early works to 1600.
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1600 |
| Subject |
Latin language -- Etymology -- Early works to 1800.
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Latin language -- Etymology. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
| Subject |
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English.
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Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Early works.
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Translations.
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Electronic books.
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Barney, Stephen A.
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| Added Title |
Etymologiae. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004149699
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636. Etymologiae. English. Etymologies of Isidore of Seville. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2004061770 |
| ISBN |
0521837499 |
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9780521837491 |
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0511219695 |
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9780511219696 |
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9780511219016 |
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0511219016 |
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9780511221002 (electronic book) |
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0511221002 (electronic book) |
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9780511482113 (ebook) |
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0511482116 (ebook) |
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1280480300 |
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9781280480300 |
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0511219016 |
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0521837499 (hardback) |
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9780521837491 |
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9780521145916 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9780521837491 |
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