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Isidore of Seville's Etymologies: Complete English Translation, Volume I by Priscilla Throop (2005, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherLulu Press, Inc.

ISBN-101411665236

ISBN-139781411665231

eBay Product ID (ePID)118608112

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Book TitleIsidore of Seville's Etymologies: Complete English Translation, Volume I

Number of Pages402 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicGeneral, Ancient & Classical

GenreFiction, Literary Collections

AuthorPriscilla Throop

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight24.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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SynopsisThis "encyclopedia" by the seventh century bishop of Seville, an important source for the history of intellectual culture in the early middle ages, gathers together the elements of secular learning and adds a great deal of ecclesiastical information. Its wide use in medieval education is attested by the more than a thousand extant manuscripts, second only to the number of manuscripts of the Bible.Isidore sets out the etymology or "true meaning" of words - to him, the fundamental means to all knowledge., This encyclopedia by the seventh century bishop of Seville, an important source for the history of intellectual culture in the early middle ages, gathers together the elements of secular learning and adds a great deal of ecclesiastical information. Its wide use in medieval education is attested by the more than a thousand extant manuscripts, second only to the number of manuscripts of the Bible.Isidore sets out the etymology or true meaning of words - to him, the fundamental means to all knowledge.