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Barney, Stephen A., W. J. Lewis, J. A. Beach, and Oliver Berghof, The etymologies of Isidore of Seville, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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The etymologies of Isidore of Seville
Place
Cambridge
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
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This work is the first complete English translation of the Latin Etymologies of Isidore, bishop of Seville (c. 560–636). Isidore compiled the work between c. 615 and the early 630s and it takes the form of an encyclopedia, arranged by subject matter. It contains much lore of the late classical world beginning with the Seven Liberal Arts, including Rhetoric, and touches on hundreds of topics ranging from the names of God, the terminology of the law, the technologies of fabrics, ships, and agriculture, to the names of cities and rivers, the theatrical arts, and cooking utensils. Isidore provides etymologies for most of the terms he explains, finding in the causes of words the underlying key to their meaning. This book offers a highly readable translation of the twenty books of the Etymologies, one of the most widely known texts for a thousand years from Isidore’s time.
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Isidore of SevilleIsidore of Seville
(c.560–636)
Isidorus Hispalensis
Archbishop of Sevilla (Visigothic Spain), theologian, scholar and highly influential author, who is known especially for works such as his Etymologiae, Synonyma, De natura rerum, De ortu et obitu patrum, De officiis ecclesiasticis and a Chronica maiora.
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Acknowledgements (ix); Note to the reader (x)
“Introduction”
3–
[The Etymologies] “Analytical table of contents”
34
[The Etymologies] “Book I: Grammar”
39
[The Etymologies] “Book II: Rhetoric and dialectic”
69
[The Etymologies] “Book III: Mathematics, music, astronomy”
89
[The Etymologies] “Book IV: Medicine”
109
[The Etymologies] “Book V: Laws and times”
117
[The Etymologies] “Book VI: Books and ecclesiastical offices”
135
[The Etymologies] “Book VII: God, angels, and saints”
153
[The Etymologies] “Book VIII: The Church and sects”
173
[The Etymologies] “Book IX: Languages, nations, reigns, the military, citizens, family relationships”
191
[The Etymologies] “Book X: Vocabulary”
213
[The Etymologies] “Book XI: The human being and portents”
231
[The Etymologies] “Book XII: Animals”
247
[The Etymologies] “Book XIII: The cosmos and its parts”
271
[The Etymologies] “Book XIV: The earth and its parts”
285
[The Etymologies] “Book XV: Buildings and fields”
301
[The Etymologies] “Book XVI: Stones and metals”
317
[The Etymologies] “Book XVII: Rural matters”
337
[The Etymologies] “Book XVIII: War and games”
359
[The Etymologies] “Book XIX: Ships, buildings, and clothing”
373
[The Etymologies] “Book XX: Provisions and various implements”
395
[Appendix] “Correspondence of Isidore and Braulio”
409
“Indexes”
General index (417); Index of Greek words (465); Index of citations (469)
417
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Dennis Groenewegen
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