Texts
De natura rerum (Isidore of Seville)
Incoming data
Work on nature and astronomy written by Isidore, archbishop of Seville (d. 636) and dedicated by him to the Visigothic king Sisebut in c. 612/613.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, MS 417
rubric: Incipit liber de astra caeli sancti Isidori Spalensis episcopi
f. 61v–
Sources
Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.
[ed.] Fontaine, Jacques, Isidore de Séville: Traité de la nature; suivi de l’Épître en vers du roi Sisebut à Isidore, Bibliothèque de l’École des Hautes Études Hispaniques, 28, Bordeaux: Féret, 1960.
Secondary sources (select)
Bischoff, Bernhard, “Die europäische Verbreitung der Werke Isidors von Sevilla”, in: Manuel C. Díaz y Díaz (ed.), Isidoriana: Colección de estudios sobre Isidoro de Sevilla, León: Centro de Estudios San Isidoro, 1961. 317–344.
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