The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville

by Isidore of Seville

Book Overview

This work is a 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 thousands of topics ranging from the names of God, the terminology of the Law, the technologies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521145910
• ISBN13: 9780521145916
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.7"