Etymologies
List etymologies
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Isidore provides etymologies for most of the terms he explains, finding in the causes of words the underlying key to their meaningoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear this work is a complete english translation of the latin etymologies of isidore, bishop of seville (cthis book offers a highly readable translation of the twenty books of the etymologies, one of the most widely known texts for a thousand years from isidore's time615 and the early 630s and it takes the form of an encyclopedia, arranged by subject matterit 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 of fabrics, ships and agriculture to the names of cities and rivers, the theatrical arts, and cooking utensilssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreisidore compiled the work between c
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