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

by Isidore of Seville, Priscilla Throop (Translator)

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.

402 pages, Paperback

First published January 19, 2006

About the author

Isidoro de Sevilla fue un eclesiástico católico erudito polímata hispano de la época visigoda. Fue arzobispo de Sevilla durante más de tres décadas. Es venerado como santo por la Iglesia católica y contado entre los Padres de la Iglesia. También es uno de los Cuatro Santos de Cartagena.


Saint Isidore of Seville (Latin: Isidorus Hispalensis; c.560 - 636) served as Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and is considered, as the 19th-century historian Montalembert put it in an oft-quoted phrase, "The last scholar of the ancient world".

Source: Wikipedia

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