{"product_id":"the-medieval-world-of-isidore-of-seville-truth-from-words-paperback-9780521144346","title":"The Medieval World of Isidore of Seville; Truth from Words (Paperback) 9780521144346","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Medieval World of Isidore of Seville\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTruth from Words\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA full reading of St Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae and all Latin, including etymologies, is translated.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Henderson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521144346, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 24 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...not only offers an important contribution to scholarship on Isidore, but shows how classicists can and should expand the borders of Latin studies into new fields and methods.\"  --BMCR\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn his Etymologiae, St Isidore of Seville put together a systematic survey of the world in the form of a vast thesaurus of Latin vocabulary, which supplies a more or less accepted or fanciful etymology for each term. It became one of the most influential books of European culture through the whole medieval period. This Latin 'Roget' is traditionally used as a reference work, accessed through an elaborate index system. In this book Professor Henderson, the most challenging critic writing on Latin literature and Roman culture, presents a full reading of all twenty books of the Etymologiae, showing how the material is sequenced so that its reader is treated to a thoroughgoing education in the world as it was apprehended in Jewish, Graeco-Roman and Christian culture. All Latin, including etymologies, is translated.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface: when it's ajar\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Prefatory correspondence and dedication\u003cbr\u003e 2. Index and referencing system\u003cbr\u003e 3. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Reading the Etymologiae\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. Primary Education: 4. Proem: seven at one blow\u003cbr\u003e 5. Grammar: the alphabet\u003cbr\u003e 6. Grammar proper\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e 8. Dialectic or rationalist philosophy\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. Secondary Education: 9. Arithmetic\u003cbr\u003e 10. Geometry\u003cbr\u003e 11. Music\u003cbr\u003e 12. Astronomy\u003cbr\u003e 13. Medicine\u003cbr\u003e 14. Law and history\u003cbr\u003e 15. Scripture and Christian duties\u003cbr\u003e 16. God, the angels, the saints\u003cbr\u003e 17. Church, schism, paganism\u003cbr\u003e 18. Languages, populations, societies\u003cbr\u003e 19. Epithets: a thesaurus\u003cbr\u003e 20. Mankind and monsters\u003cbr\u003e 21. Living creatures\u003cbr\u003e 22. World survey (water)\u003cbr\u003e 23. Earth survey (land)\u003cbr\u003e 24. Building, town, and country\u003cbr\u003e 25. Rocks and metals\u003cbr\u003e 26. Agriculture and botany\u003cbr\u003e 27. War and recreation\u003cbr\u003e 28. Ships, construction and decoration, clothing\u003cbr\u003e 29. Food and drink, packaging and transport, tools and harness\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: after words\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index locorum\u003cbr\u003e Etymologies\u003cbr\u003e General index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909035647256,"sku":"9780521144346","price":37.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521144346i_8d2b08f7-79dd-4dd9-bd6c-9c09e4978749.jpg?v=1691372421","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-medieval-world-of-isidore-of-seville-truth-from-words-paperback-9780521144346","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}